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The truly famous have long understood that the only way to stay sane is to remember you aren’t the image others worship. (“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant,” said Cary Grant.) But something funny has happened to fame. Thanks to the ease of publishing your thoughts and images online, almost everyone has a little. Yet most of us haven’t developed the corresponding fame-management skills. We’re stung by insults that wouldn’t register with George Clooney. Or we take our personas too seriously. More than once, I’ve caught myself thinking I ought to weigh in about a major news event, as if Twitter were waiting on tenterhooks for my views.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/05/why-you-should-step-away-from-the-online-you