Degrees in Idealism

exploring how we would live if we truly believed life was meaningful

Life Without Social Media

02.27.2019 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 4 Comments

After mulling over it for months (years) I finally permanently deleted my Facebook, thereby removing all social media from my life. Here’s what I’ve learned: I am shocked by how nosy and gossipy I really was. I had already hidden at least 80% of my newsfeed because the content was either distracting or irrelevant. I […]

Categories // Culture, Soul Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #livingsimply, #millenials, #modernity, #socialmedia, #technologyproblems

What Does It Profit to Gain All The Likes?

09.09.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

The other day I found myself captivated by a slew of “America’s Got Talent” child singers’ first performances. The videos have millions of views; the reactions of the crowd, the other judges, the children, the families of the children, and the rest of the world are largely the same: this is a good thing. This […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #instagram, #livinginthepresent, #livingsimply, #prideandprejudice, #purpose, #socialmedia, #technologyproblems

How to protect our children from social media

10.24.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

It’s difficult to figure out where the line is in sharing our children with the social media world. Of course, some sharing is natural and good. Parents are proud of their children and those children can inspire and bring joy to other people. But when the sharing is not organic— when it happens on these exponential […]

Categories // Culture, Family Tags // #babies, #instagram, #oversharing, #socialmedia

5 Tips For Taking Better Pictures

08.17.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I take less pictures of my children now than I did three years ago. It’s not because I value their “moments” any less. It’s just that the longer I am a mother, the more I recognize the sacredness of those moments. And one of the most puzzling and frustrating qualities of sacred things is that […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture, Family Tags // #instagram, #livinginthepresent, #pictures, #socialmedia

So Would Jesus Take Selfies?

02.23.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I think we are very confused about how we feel about “selfies.” We ridicule people who take them (like Kim Kardashian, for instance, who recently released a book composed entirely of selfies.) We assume that taking too many probably isn’t such a good idea and research indicates that excessive selfies correlate with some pretty concerning traits. But […]

Categories // Culture Tags // #pictures, #selfies, #socialmedia

About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to six children, a writer, and a lover and seeker of the beautiful, the true, and the good. I am a believer in idealism-- that even amidst the chaos and the confusion, the exhaustion and the sadness of life there is always joy to be found, hope to be clung to, and a better path to be taken. I write my thoughts on this blog. Links to my fiction books are at the bottom of the page.

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