Like many people in the world right now, my relationship status with social media is currently "it's complicated."

A few weeks ago, I taught a workshop all about how to stop scrolling and re-engage with life offline (you can catch the replay here!) and ever since then, I've set up some new boundaries around social media that are realllllly working for me.

One of these new boundaries is setting a very clear intention for why I'm opening up social media before I start my up-to-45-minutes of daily scrolling time. When I ask myself a simple question like, "What do I want to get out of my 45-minutes of social media time?" the answer is almost always something like, "inspiration, connection, or learning." Having a purpose for what I'm doing on there has made it a lot easier for me to use social media for the parts of it that I love without being a victim of the algorithm's every whim.

So when I opened Instagram the other day for a little bit of inspiration, I was delighted to see a handful of posts using the prompt I Met My Younger Self For Coffee.

This trend was inspired by this beautiful poem written by Jennae Cecelia:

Thousands of people saw themselves in this poem and decided to rewrite it in a way that tells their own story. The variety of ways in which people rewrote this poem are really lovely and inspiring - I highly recommend reading some of them if this concept resonates with you.

While we don't deeply explore the past within the coaching relationship, we often reference it, acknowledge it, and honor the lessons our past selves taught us. I thought this poem was a beautiful example of how powerful it can be to reflect on the ways in which our past selves have shaped who we are today, so I wanted to invite you to spend some time writing your own version of I Met My Younger Self For Coffee. Here are some prompts to help you get started:

• What was your younger self wearing?

• What did your younger self order at the coffee shop?

• What did your younger self think was important at the time?

• What kindness would you like to show to your younger self?

• What was the biggest struggle or challenge your younger self faced?

• What do you wish you could go back and tell your younger self?

• What's something that you wouldn't tell your younger self about the way your life turned out?

• Who did your younger self spend a lot of time with?

• Who are some people your younger self hasn't met yet that you'd like to tell them about?

• What's something that felt like a "someday" dream that your younger self would be happy to know you achieved?

• What would your younger self think of who you are today?

I hope that thinking about how far you've come and what you would say to your younger self brought you a moment of joy.

Sending love from my little corner of the internet to yours,
🤍☕️ Sonja

PS - If you're finding yourself in the cycle of doom scrolling, rage commenting, and spiraling in the outrage cycle and you want to turn that energy into something actionable and productive, I highly recommend checking out the 5 Calls app.