Sometimes we have to disconnect to reconnect.
Last week I took a much needed social media break. I still have not returned to Instagram. It feels so demanding but I have slowly returned to Facebook because that is where my Oil VIP group lives and I need them as much as I (hope) they need me.
I chose to break from SM because the weight of the world was becoming too much to handle, or at least the weight of everyone and their brothers opinions on how things should be handled during this 2020 crisis we find ourselves in. The hate, the fear mongering, the news, the BS, the way people were treating each other is too much for any gentle soul to handle. So, I respectfully said peace out I need a break.
It was only 7 days but the clarity I found in my own head and heart again was refreshing. I had my own thoughts, ideas, and opinions. I wasn't pushed into fear or anxiety every morning by fake news. I enjoyed the outdoors and time with my family. I finished the last season of Outlander, snuggled up on the couch with my dog. I connected with my husband and best friend and took time to start my book. I was in control of my thoughts and feelings, and it feels so good.
I will return to SM. It is where I conduct a lot of my business and I do miss my friends who support me and my crazy ideas but I will be returning on my terms. I will set up boundaries and I will honor my own feelings before I listen to someone else's.
I found this list on Pinterest and it will be a daily reminder of what I am am holding myself accountable to.
1. I am unplugging to unwind.
2. I am spending less time scrolling and more time living.
3. It doesn't matter what others are doing, what matters is what I am doing.
4. Time to refocus on my own #ish.
5. Everything I do doesn't need to be seen or heard.
6. I don't have to post it to prove it.
7. I need to take a break to be alone with my own thoughts to rejuvenate.
8. Special time devote4d to my mental health I time well spent.
9. I am posting less to do more.
10. I can also glow and grow privately.
I am reconnecting to me.