Being a true adult means minding your own business. The prevalence of social media makes it sometimes difficult to maintain the boundary between what's public and what's private, but part of learning adulthood is learning how to manage difficult tasks. Minding one's own business is much more than merely keeping one's nose out of others' affairs; it is also a matter of keeping one's own affairs to oneself. A particularly pernicious effect of social media space is the increasing desire (even demand) on the part of many people that their own decisions be not merely acknowledged but also celebrated by even the most peripheral of their social contacts. It is fun to get a trophy for participating in tee-ball, but what's the trophy worth when everyone wants one for everything they do?
I need not even point out that a true adult has tasted enough of heartache and infelicity that he or she should have developed the discernment necessary to know which persons belong in the inner circle and how much to share with those persons.
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