In “How Will You Measure Your Life?.” the late author and Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen reminds me that when I was ten years old, I dreamt of becoming nearly anything.

An astronaut. An archaeologist. A world class athlete, or artist.

When I was in high school, I wanted to see people on TV who looked like me, or the people I saw around me in my very diverse hometown of Edison, New Jersey.

For years I carried this belief that if “the plan fails” and goes horribly wrong, then my life is over.

I was absolutely wrong. You are more than your job, or your career, or the person your digital profiles portray you to be.

Perhaps you had strategies for your TikTok profile, or Facebook, or Instagram, or LinkedIn.

You probably had a “deliberate strategy” for posting.

But then, you saw “unanticipated alternatives,” such as “like my status” or “ASL ice bucket challenge,” or celebrity bandwagon trends you never planned for, but ended up participating in.

Did God intend for humans to curate their lives in such a way? Or did Silicon Valley want that?

I found digital profiles were useless to my writing.

I am just a man with a finite amount of time, and a simple brain that is easily distracted.

I cannot misspend my time scrolling through feeds of digital profiles, be it mine or yours or corporations trying to sell me things.

ACTION POINT: Design your life with good vibes, not with digital profiles

ACTION POINT: Design your life with good vibes, not digital profiles