The Wrong Side Of The Internet*

*No, not that one, or that one!  

Some social media sites have spectacularly specific algorithms that will fill your feed with more of what you look at.  (I know all of them do this but some have really honed in versions, and that's what I'm talking about here.)

So on this one particular site, I watched a couple of videos of an older fellow who is helping older folks keep their mobility and after a while my feed got more and more filled with mobility people and fitness people and exercise people.  Which was great.  But now is overwhelming me.

Overwhelming me with all the things I'm *not* doing.  Or not remembering to do.  Or feeling like I don't do enough or at all.

If I listened to all of them I would be spending ages and ages every day doing all the moves I'm 'supposed' to do to help my this and my that and my future self.   I got stressed.

Did I mention (I forget) that I booked four sessions with a personal trainer this month?  Well, I did, and I did ask her to include mobility things and things to help me be a healthy older person.  I can't possibly do it all.  All the health things that are suggested by all the different people.

Dude, I can barely keep myself going some days and I'm trying not to beat myself up for the lack of perfection around it too!

So while my title is a bit of a joke... I didn't end up on the wrong side of the internet at all, I just curated a feed that ended up stressing me out even though it was well intentioned to begin with. 

I do want to take better care of my body and I do want to be as healthy and mobile and fit as possible as my body continues to age.  I just really don't want to be super stressed and upset about it in that black and white kind of way my brain tends to do.