Reason 10 of 10: Joy. Connection. And What Comes Next.

Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why.

This one is personal.

When your kids are young, connection is easy. You are their whole world. But as they get older — especially with teenage boys — you have to work a little harder to find the shared moments.

TikTok gave me some of those moments back.

Seeing the same trends. Laughing at the same videos. Sending something stupid to the family chat and hearing them laugh from the other room. Before a skiing holiday, my feed filled up with people falling off ski lifts and doing completely unhinged things on slopes. We laughed until we cried.

Then there are the dog adoption videos. The ones where instead of the people choosing the dog — the dog chooses the person. The dog walks through rows of strangers and picks someone. And then they reveal that person’s story. Someone who lost a loved one. Someone who has been through something enormous. And somehow the dog just knew.

I ball my eyes out every single time.

And then there is Taylor Swift. I love her. I love the dancing videos. I am absolutely rubbish at the choreography but I do it anyway — sometimes I even drag my friends into it. My current obsession is the Fate of Ophelia dance. You know the one.

This is what I did not expect when I signed up for TikTok. Not the leadership inspiration. Not the study hacks. Not the style tips.

Just joy. Ordinary, silly, beautiful joy.

And now — after two years of consuming — I am starting to think about creating. My sons are horrified. They are convinced their friends will see it and never let them live it down. So far I have only posted dog videos and content connected to Kraftur.

But I think it is time to put myself out there. Maybe.

My sons will just have to deal with it.

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