Saturday I paraded and partied and ate suddenly-delicious candy. Yesterday was a hangover day. It was actually a nice hangover day—not too sick to exercise, and the kids were quiet so I could doze in front of the TV. And now today… I am worried again about COVID spikes and also about those who won’t accept the election results and what they might do. I need to get back to work (incl. regular actual newsletters, promise) and figure out if it’s possible to return to social media and news in a responsible way that isn’t always confirming The Worst people are alive and posting. Last week’s mental health lockdown, for me, was necessary and helpful but not sustainable. What’s your approach to moving through these next few weeks?
For the first time in a long time I don't feel like I need to obsessively pay attention to the news. Instead of checking twitter or news when I am goofing off during the work day, I can play dumb phone games again. I plan on leaning into that for a while. Ha!
I'm given myself tech neck from being glued to my phone the last week, mostly on twitter. I heard one of the Pod Save America guys say that twitter is like Inception - you think you're participating in an action movie but really you're sleeping. That gave me a jolt. I need to figure out how to slowly wean myself off of it...I definitely feel more "informed" when I'm on twittter but it's probably not worth the stress I feel from learning things I just don't need to know.
One of the things I'm trying to "find the answer to" that's been rolling around in my mind the last few days is what it will mean to "come together." At this point my search is mostly feeding my righteousness. I'm tired of being told I need to listen to Trump supporters whether they win or lose - how can the lessons of both 2016 and 2020 be exactly the same?! (Because it enforces the status quo). I need to get offline, and keep working in my community.
I can relate to this so much... and I wish I had an approach, but mostly I’m just trying to hold onto the feelings of elation from fri-sat in an attempt to balance out anxiety of the impending winter of uncertainty 😂
Since I've not had the joy and expectation of vacation planning, I am taking this opportunity to focus toward January 20. On that day, a 4 year vacation will commence!!! Until then, I'm hunkering down. No matter what shit happens between now and then...that trip IS happening.
In the weeks leading up to the election, I had to delete Twitter off my phone. Around Friday afternoon, I put it back on. After the call on Saturday I gave myself another 24 or so hours to enjoy the memes and the joy and the happiness, but last night I deleted it again. I'm concerned about the people not accepting election results, too, but my body can't physically handle the stress and anger and reading social media just stokes in. Saturday and Sunday were wonderful, though.
I am mainly a twitter user, and while I took a break from Mon-Fri last week, I got back on Friday night. I use heavily curated lists to keep myself from getting overwhelmed, and I totally recommend it. But I realized that I have hardly consumed the news, beyond clicking links in twitter or reading the WTFJHT newsletter, in at least a year. So I'm going to try to go back to listening to NPR or some other news site in the morning. Hoping to consume news without immediately going into a rage spiral or falling into despair...
This is such a great question. I've also been on a social media/digital lockdown, mostly FB, since September. I miss certain things - EW! - but I'm finding it all still too much, too harsh, to return when things are still so tenuous at best. I'm trying to build healthier routines, too, and have been using the Fabulous app.
We didn't turn on cable news until Friday night when we were waiting for his speech, and boy were we glad we had deliberately NOT turned it on until then. By Saturday night, we were news zombies until I made my husband turn it off.
For the first time in a long time I don't feel like I need to obsessively pay attention to the news. Instead of checking twitter or news when I am goofing off during the work day, I can play dumb phone games again. I plan on leaning into that for a while. Ha!
I'm given myself tech neck from being glued to my phone the last week, mostly on twitter. I heard one of the Pod Save America guys say that twitter is like Inception - you think you're participating in an action movie but really you're sleeping. That gave me a jolt. I need to figure out how to slowly wean myself off of it...I definitely feel more "informed" when I'm on twittter but it's probably not worth the stress I feel from learning things I just don't need to know.
One of the things I'm trying to "find the answer to" that's been rolling around in my mind the last few days is what it will mean to "come together." At this point my search is mostly feeding my righteousness. I'm tired of being told I need to listen to Trump supporters whether they win or lose - how can the lessons of both 2016 and 2020 be exactly the same?! (Because it enforces the status quo). I need to get offline, and keep working in my community.
I can relate to this so much... and I wish I had an approach, but mostly I’m just trying to hold onto the feelings of elation from fri-sat in an attempt to balance out anxiety of the impending winter of uncertainty 😂
Since I've not had the joy and expectation of vacation planning, I am taking this opportunity to focus toward January 20. On that day, a 4 year vacation will commence!!! Until then, I'm hunkering down. No matter what shit happens between now and then...that trip IS happening.
In the weeks leading up to the election, I had to delete Twitter off my phone. Around Friday afternoon, I put it back on. After the call on Saturday I gave myself another 24 or so hours to enjoy the memes and the joy and the happiness, but last night I deleted it again. I'm concerned about the people not accepting election results, too, but my body can't physically handle the stress and anger and reading social media just stokes in. Saturday and Sunday were wonderful, though.
I am mainly a twitter user, and while I took a break from Mon-Fri last week, I got back on Friday night. I use heavily curated lists to keep myself from getting overwhelmed, and I totally recommend it. But I realized that I have hardly consumed the news, beyond clicking links in twitter or reading the WTFJHT newsletter, in at least a year. So I'm going to try to go back to listening to NPR or some other news site in the morning. Hoping to consume news without immediately going into a rage spiral or falling into despair...
This is such a great question. I've also been on a social media/digital lockdown, mostly FB, since September. I miss certain things - EW! - but I'm finding it all still too much, too harsh, to return when things are still so tenuous at best. I'm trying to build healthier routines, too, and have been using the Fabulous app.
We didn't turn on cable news until Friday night when we were waiting for his speech, and boy were we glad we had deliberately NOT turned it on until then. By Saturday night, we were news zombies until I made my husband turn it off.
I feel like I should "catch up" but maybe that is overrated.