It can be a hard time to navigate. Nothing is what it seems. Most of the troubles and distractions are amplified by online and news babble.
I find it fascinating that most think the world is upsetting and that they "need to pay attention" to all the noise. And yet, almost no one affects (or even has any ability to affect) what's going on out there.
Unless our collective bad feelings are making it worse... dumping gasoline on a fire to put it out...
Sure, be aware, and then do what you can, and move on.
Imagine stopping in the middle of crossing the street, struck with terror and alarm, and just staying there? No, you move off the street and get on the sidewalk, then keep walking.
But everyone seems to be standing in the street, dodging cars.
So I have decided that for me, nothing is going wrong, and my life is easy. We are just at the bottom of a sine wave, and eventually it will rise and crest again.
There is definitely some truth to that. I have chosen to have my head in the sand because it was all too much many times. Sadly though, especially in the US, people are losing their basic rights and it's only getting worse. After awhile, the weight of that feels too heavy to carry. I periodically set down the weight, but it's still there, looming in the background. I control what I can and try to let go of the rest, but some days it's harder to do that than others. That piled on top of my own personal stressors can be a lot.
Thankfully I am oblivious to most of the noise out there because I avoid SM and am just on Substack where my feed is quite curated. The useless bombing put me over the edge.
It can be a hard time to navigate. Nothing is what it seems. Most of the troubles and distractions are amplified by online and news babble.
I find it fascinating that most think the world is upsetting and that they "need to pay attention" to all the noise. And yet, almost no one affects (or even has any ability to affect) what's going on out there.
Unless our collective bad feelings are making it worse... dumping gasoline on a fire to put it out...
Sure, be aware, and then do what you can, and move on.
Imagine stopping in the middle of crossing the street, struck with terror and alarm, and just staying there? No, you move off the street and get on the sidewalk, then keep walking.
But everyone seems to be standing in the street, dodging cars.
So I have decided that for me, nothing is going wrong, and my life is easy. We are just at the bottom of a sine wave, and eventually it will rise and crest again.
There is definitely some truth to that. I have chosen to have my head in the sand because it was all too much many times. Sadly though, especially in the US, people are losing their basic rights and it's only getting worse. After awhile, the weight of that feels too heavy to carry. I periodically set down the weight, but it's still there, looming in the background. I control what I can and try to let go of the rest, but some days it's harder to do that than others. That piled on top of my own personal stressors can be a lot.
Better in the sand than the echo chamber!
I sometimes think that people are just now realizing they were never free. It just wasn’t apparent before.
Thankfully I am oblivious to most of the noise out there because I avoid SM and am just on Substack where my feed is quite curated. The useless bombing put me over the edge.
This was the most insightful, practical article I've ever read on numbing. It was enough to make me subscribe. Thank you
Thanks for reading, Patty, I am so glad you liked it! Welcome to the community!