Watercolor paint, pencil crayons, pastels and Joan Didion. (Malachi Lefurgye/AQ) Each year, people popularize new year's resolutions on social media, from VSCO girls, to “to be cringe is to be free.” Now, 2026’s resolution is to break free from the chains that consumption-driven media has over us all. Since our frontal lobes are finally reaching maturity, our generation is now becoming aware of the decline and uprise of social media. We are aware that simply sitting in bed sc