Sometimes, the best way to move forward is to go back.
2026-01-31 17:18:58
Manjola Lloja Bushati
What do I use social media for?
To receive and give information, and of course to promote my work. I am very happy to see how in the world there are many people who give and receive knowledge, meaning, content. Believe me, there are also like that, it is enough to line up the search system and the algorithm becomes positive and brings only knowledge and opportunities before your eyes. And so, I follow pages of people or communities that focus on the human element of each of us, in different dimensions.
I heard the phrase that gave the title to my article today in a video published a few days ago by Ema Sanchez Andrade Smith. She is a fintech entrepreneur, known for her work in the financial inclusion of women and has been internationally recognized, including on lists like Forbes 30 Under 30, but on her Instagram profile she promotes the Scandinavian lifestyle (I have mentioned my weakness for the culture of that part of Europe several times😊), motherhood perspectives and the promotion of human values everywhere in the world. Well, on her page (with more than 120 thousand followers) she had posted a video showing how in Denmark the education system is not only banning the use of mobile phones by students, but is also encouraging them to return to handwriting, books, sheets of paper, and pencils. Here is the video:
I shared this video on my page and the lady thanked me with a private message. Not just with a spare emoji… but with words, complete sentences… I was impressed by how she found the time and attention to do this. Sometimes with the examples we are served every day, it seems to us that being polite has “gone out of fashion”, but fortunately not… we are simply not following the right channels that promote human behavior. On Instagram, I also met Jared Cooney Horvath, a neuroscientist specializing in the science of learning and how the brain works during learning. He emphasizes that deep and regular reading, especially from books that he physically holds in his hands, flips through them himself😊, is essential for cognitive development, because it activates numerous neurons in the brain related to language, memory, concentration and critical thinking. According to Horvath, reading is not a natural skill, but a process that the brain builds through constant practice, and without this practice, the ability to understand, reflect, and learn sustainably is significantly weakened.
Here is a video where he explains this with facts, both visually and in words:
Were there many quotes, expressions, characters? There is no problem, on the contrary. This is what I mean. First, that technology, social networks in this case, can be used for our benefit, not to be used by us. And second, focusing on the inside, we need to understand that the superficial way, the speed and the lack of depth of the information we receive, has really begun to affect us deeply. So we need to stop and understand: what are we doing? But not only that, narrowly as reading, technology… but also the time we spend, the relationships we are losing in exchange for some victories that in the final balance of a day do not always turn out to be such… Should we take it a little slower? Should we understand that the path we have chosen is not the right one? Are we making a mistake with ourselves? Are we also corrupting our children? This is not an invitation to feel the full weight of the choices in life…
It's a way of saying that it's okay: we can take it a little easier, we can allow ourselves to make mistakes, we can start over or leave something half-done, we can learn to say "I'm sorry" and accept someone else's apologies and admit that... sometimes the best way to move forward is to go back.
