“Hey dad…”, she says, as she walks in the room, “here’s the thing… I want to be less on social media. I get stressed, annoyed, it’s just too much. I want to find more on what I really like. On my own terms, not some algorithm. I want to read more blogs. On the topics that interest me.”

It’s not often my heart makes a little jump. But today was the day it did.

From the top of my head and my Obsidian notes, I gave her ooh.directory, href.cool, sadgrl.online, VHS Neocities. I know there is so much more for her to discover. I must contain myself. Let this beautiful and independent 17-year-old woman find her own way on the indie- and personal web. And not interfere and guide too much…