My TikTok Obsession

Hello, my name is Jakki and I'm a little addicted to TikTok.  This is where you respond with "Hello, Jakki"

I don't have kids at home anymore, so my relevance and street cred have really taken a hit 😁 I used to pride myself on knowing the latest music, slang and other trends.  I'm now just a lonely person, working at home by herself who was craving some fun content to watch - TikTok to the rescue!

You know it's bad when too many of your conversations start with "I got this idea from a video I just saw on TikTok" or "I know that song from TikTok".  When you bring up TikTok in a conversation with your grown children and they just roll their eyes - it's not a good sign.  Then they make you promise them that you won't make any videos yourself - God forbid!  Well, I did make a couple but took them down within a day because I couldn't believe how ugly folks can be in their comments.  I decided then and there that I will just be a viewer and when I do comment, it is only positive.  There's enough crap and negativity out there already.

Then you start forwarding the videos to your husband, kids and friends.  When they don't respond quickly enough, you send a follow up text asking them if they watched it yet.  Then you show them to your husband on your phone and he just looks at you with a quizzical expression as to why you are laughing so hard at this Golden Retriever??  Just like Instagram, I'm pretty sure I follow more dogs on this platform than people!

Then you reach a place of acceptance.  You also learn to set a timer or you will go down a TikTok rabbit hole and hours will pass before you know it! I have learned a lot of interesting things, found some hilarious people, had a good laugh with some folks and cried over some very touching videos.  Then there are the craft videos, so many great craft videos....that's a whole separate post!  So many great ways to create.

My name is Jakki, I really love to watch TikTok videos and I'm ok with that 😁