Feeling like I need to switch up my daily routine. My spirit feels bored and restless. Probably partially relates to the miserable weather we’ve had outside lately, getting very little sun. But also just feeling kind of miserable with life lately and the state of how the world is going. I have to be really careful with the content I consume online these days, especially when it comes to bad news because it really affects me. We all kind of know how bad it is right now, but I think hearing about it all the time really amplifies stress levels and deteriorates mental health. I think it’s possible to still live a relatively happy life while the world is going through difficult periods. It’s all about where you choose to remain present and creating a healthy mental environment for yourself, and it’s something I have to keep reminding myself of during moments like these.
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I learned how to do this a lot back during the plandemic. The constant fear mongering of the news, hearing about things constantly getting worse on the radio, restrictions and the discrimination getting more and more suffocating, it broke me several times and the only way I was able to dig myself out of that hole again was to become very conscious of what I was mentally consuming on a day to day basis. I went through ALL my social media and unsubscribed/unfollowed/blocked anything and anyone that contributed to the constant stream of negative news/information. I then replaced that negative stream with only positive ones, following people and pages that promoted uplifting messages, good news, and overall just things that made me feel good and shift my perspective to a more positive light. This was a really tedius process but so worth it and brought me back to a balanced mental state. Being conscious of the information you consume, whether it be social media, radio, music, news, tv, books, etc. is so so important when it comes to mental health and shifting perception. I think if I wouldn’t have learned how to do that in my darkest moments, I don’t know that I would have made it out from those difficult years.
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Anyways, I think I need to do something like that again. Instagram has been something that has been cultivating those negative feelings again. I’m really bad for doom scrolling reels on there and every once in awhile the algorithm shows me a video reminding me how bad things are, and I really just don’t need to hear about it anymore. It’s not that I want to be ignorant to everything going on, but I’m just at the point that I know the direction we’re headed, I’ve read enough doom and gloom about the corrupt agenda for the next 6 years that I’m good. I don’t need to hear anymore, and there’s no point in stressing about things I have absolutely no control over. When shit gets real, the collective will hopefully come together and figure it out, but until then, I gotta do what I can to protect my own peace, and I’ll adapt to whatever immediate challenges as they arise.
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I’ve been contemplating deleting my instagram altogether for awhile; one less Meta garbage platform to deal with, but I guess the reason I stay is because my husband likes to send me cute relatable videos and I enjoy seeing the ones he sends me. I’ll probably keep my account but just stop using it and he can show me the videos himself at the end of the day. In the meantime, I’ll work on putting together an RSS feed and post it somewhere here in the cottage for my own use – but if anyone reading this also feels like they need to be mindful of their content consumption, feel free to use my RSS feed for your own mental health purposes, or take inspiration from it to cultivate your own content streams for rebalancing. It’ll be positive and uplifting stuff only.