Hey Guys, GRWM...

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:06:34 +0000

I get it. Content creation is the order of the day. Heck, we are in the era known as the creator economy.

You can hardly scroll through any social media platform without stumbling on dozens, if not hundreds, off GRWMs, OOTDs, ASMRs (I still don't know what this means, honestly 😂), "day in my life" vlogs, and everything in between. People now turn fragments of their everyday lives into what we simply call “content”

I've been thinking about whether the “contentification of our lives” as an X user termed it, is actually a good thing or a bad thing. Whenever I weigh questions like this, I try to judge them by their net effect. If the positives outweigh the negatives, then I can comfortably say it's worth it. And here's why I think the ‘contentification’ of our lives might just be one of the best things to happen to us in this era.

First, I think there's something deeply human about people choosing to share little fragments of their lives with the rest of us. More than ever, I'm grateful to content creators. And I mean that sincerely.

We all use the internet today. But the internet is only as valuable as what people choose to put into it. Every laugh, every lesson, every recipe you saved, every travel vlog that made you want to pack a bag, every burst of motivation after watching someone else's journey—they all exist because someone, somewhere, decided their experience was worth sharing.

Picture this: You're facing a challenging situation. You head to Google, type a few keywords, and boom. There are ordinary people from all over the world sharing how they've been there and done that.

They leave a trail for you to follow. They say, "I walked this path. Here's what I learned." Sometimes I imagine how less valuable the internet would be if nobody shared anything worth learning from. Just empty servers humming in the void.

Now, does this mean every creator adds value? Of course not.

There will always be extremes. There are creators whose content adds little or nothing to the lives of the people watching. There are creators who overshare. But that's the price of abundance. You have the freedom to decide what deserves your attention. For those of us who hardly travel, the internet has become a passport.

And I'm not even talking about overseas travel. If you've spent your whole life in one village, one town, or even the same city, the internet lets you experience places you may never have the chance to visit through the eyes of someone who has.

We've always ‘contentified’ our lives. We just called it different things.

Early humans left cave paintings behind. We learned about distant places through books, documentaries, and movies—someone else's polished, carefully edited version of reality. Today, someone just like you can take you along as they explore a city, try a new restaurant, or visit a hidden beach.

It feels less like watching a story and more like living it with them.

That GRWM to a restaurant? It's an unfiltered glimpse into an experience you might have one day yourself. And when you eventually visit that place, it already feels strangely familiar because someone decided to contentify a tiny piece of their life.

There's no real difference between an author writing about their travel experience in a book or on a blog and a creator documenting theirs on social media. The medium has only changed. But the instinct hasn't. They are both forms of documenting our lives. The only difference is that today, you don't just imagine it. You see it. You can almost taste it. The experience is all in your face.

Content creation is hard work, and I think we should respect it a lot more. Two days ago, I saw a guy filming himself during his early morning run. How inconvenient, I thought. I recently started running myself, and I couldn't imagine how stressful that must have been. Why put yourself through all that? Why not just enjoy your run quietly without telling the internet about it?

But then, another thought crossed my mind. What if someone watching that video has spent months telling themselves they'll start running "next Monday"? What if watching him struggle through those kilometres is exactly the push they need? I started my running journey because I have friends who run. Watching them made me think, Maybe I could do this too.

Some people don't have friends like that. Sometimes the closest thing they have to a role model is someone they've never met; someone who simply decided to share a piece of their life online. That is the quiet power of content.
It makes possibilities feel possible.

And in a country like Nigeria, this is also how many young people make a living. Our creator economy is still growing, but it has already opened doors that didn't exist a decade ago. Creating content asks you to do something many people struggle with. It asks you to be seen. It takes consistency and it takes a lot of courage.

So the next time you see someone sharing a piece of content online, pause for a second. Think about the joy it brings you. Think about the person it might inspire. Think about the opportunities it has created for the person behind the camera. Maybe that's why we should ‘’contentify’ our life

One human being saying to another, "This is what my little corner of the world looks like." It could be entertaining. Or it could be educational. Whatever it is, it's exactly the reassurance someone else needed.

And honestly, I think we're better for it.

So if you're a content creator, never stop creating. You never really know whose life you're changing.

P.S. If you also think there's simply too much to consume and it all starts feeling overwhelming, maybe it's time to step away from the internet for a while.

Or maybe… Start creating instead of only consuming Thank you for reading.

Written by - SOG

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