Exploring experience, perception, and meaning with a fresh, philosophical perspective. Join me as we question norms and embrace new ways of thinking.
Spirituality encourages us to spend time with ourselves daily. It encourages a daily practice of meditation, journaling, yoga, or going for a walk as a means of clearing our minds, connecting with ourselves and feeling better. I don’t meditate or do yoga. I’m not committed to journaling as a daily practice, but the writing I do daily for public consumption definitely serves as a means of understanding myself and my experience better.
The new year brings a scheduled opportunity to start again, create something new, and maybe change some things. As human beings, we love the idea of a new day, week, month, or year as a reason to create some sort of intentional change.
Often those changes are self-improvement related. How many new gym memberships are sold in time for a new year? How many people try to eat healthier? How many people try to quit smoking? There are dozens of these types of self-improvement ideas out there that people try all the time.
I’ve been away for quite a while working out my priorities by deciding what I actually wanted to do versus what I thought I needed to do. Where I got to was simple – I do not want to be a social media content creator. I kept trying to stuff myself into that box. I kept telling myself that I “needed” social media to be a writer. The consequence of it was that social media became the priority and I didn’t like it, so I walked away from the whole thing, even my writing. Now that I understand that I can do this completely without social media, I’m back to writing – just writing – because that’s what I want to do.
Trump’s re-election is a call for me to come forward.
I’ve hummed, hawed, started, and stopped more times than I can count. As my views got further and further from societal norms and I saw more and more clearly what was happening, I got more insecure about what I was saying and sharing.