PSL or bust.
It’s funny; I used to think social media and posting what I was doing at that exact moment in time were the most important things in my life. I have since learned otherwise. I post, but not often, and I like to limit what I put out into the ether
My identity is pretty simple, especially in the fall. I am the “basic” girl who gets that PSL (pumpkin spice latte), and it must be iced. I will drink cold coffee in negative temperatures. I like being this “basic” girl if it means I get to drink a great cup of coffee. It’s my morning treat for waking up and driving into work.
Starbucks has a chokehold on the PSL game, although Dunkin’ is a close second. Some (me) would say it feels like fall and cozy weather in a drink. When I have posted about this particular drink in the past, I would get a DM from a friend that said, “OMG, I totally forgot they came out today” or “I need one now,” so in a way my posting about getting a PSL is a PSA to my friends.
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I don’t expect to get any recognition from anything I post, especially now. When I was in my 20s, maybe that is why I did it so often; who knows, that is a 20-something Taylor question for you. I do believe being on social media too often has become a bit of a problem. People have become too complacent with this fake persona and just forget to live outside. “Social media may thereby serve as a catalyst for both, openness and compassion as well as for intolerance and hate. Moreover, while social media holds important implications for “offline behavior,” it has also delivered new forms of digital self-expression, activism, altruism, and violence.” (Lüders)
I’m just a girl who loves coffee, trying to make it through a day at work.
