Political Toll

How are politics effecting you lately? Aren’t you just over political talk at this point?

Aren’t you fed up over the division between strangers, and most importantly between friends and family?

So, here’s what we need to do at this point…

Ask yourself these questions?

• Are you certain who you are voting for?

• Do you hate the division that politics are creating?

• Are politics consuming a good portion of your life?

Then here’s the answer..

Unplug from it all for NOW!

You already have your answer, so what else are you searching for?

Then..

Pause & evaluate how it is affecting your life?

·        Do you find yourself scrolling through social media more often lately and the majority of your feed is politics? And are you mostly seeing aggravating posts about the opposite side, building up your anger and frustration?

·        Is it causing arguments between you and loved ones?

·        By consuming all of the division, corruption, and stress of our livelihoods, knowing everything is on the line, are you feeling defeated and merely hopeless? Are you in a doom state?

It is time to distance ourselves from it all.

Unfollow political accounts, set a “daily time reminder” for social media (available on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok) to remind you to log off after a certain amount of time, and/or even set up a day & time one day per week to dedicate yourself to catch up on the latest political news.

By making these little shifts, this sets you up to still be up on the news, but in doses, at a minimum, and where it’s not consuming your energy, clarity, focus, motivation and emotions.

It’s also hard to stay motivated and ambitious to focus on our goals and dreams, if we feel like its going to be stolen from us regardless. So, detach from “what could happen” and focus on “what you can control now”.

Understand that this way of living is not beneficial or serving you.

You are consuming too much, we are not supposed to carry this much.

We are carrying the world's problems, and no means to do anything about it,

so just focus on what you can and where you can make a difference.

Not only, do you need to focus on your goals, but we need to get back to being kind to one another. If the opposite side could see your heart, they would know that your choice would be with good intent, as they probably wish you could see them in that same light.

Everyone is on their own journey and has their reasons for why they feel strongly pulled to one side or the other, just allow that to be a part of their journey. Not to say, you should never have a conversation and to not share a point of view that maybe they have never thought about or viewed before, but you have to acknowledge that people are pretty stuck in their choices. You can never force anyone to think or choose like you, especially if it results into arguments and spewing insults, but you may be able to influence others with respect and/or allow it to happen organically on their own.

If we just focus on what we can control in our lives, and bring back kindness, then we are creating a collective unification.

We need to get back to the way we were on 9/12/2001,

The following day after the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001, minus the tragedies.

We were united regardless of views, race, gender, etc.

We stood up and asked, “how can I help?” to each of our fellow man.

Now we couldn’t even be more divided.

So, how do we get back to that unification?

By getting back to yourself.

You’re not naturally an angry person or filled with this much despair and frustration.

Focus on who YOU are, and be that kindness that you know you and the rest of the world needs!

When you care for yourself, it'll bring back patience and kindness to yourself that will trinkle into other people. Be the influence of warmth, openness and compassion. But you must fill your cup first, before you can be there for anyone else.

My last blog went more in detail about that, check it out Blog #8

So, let's recap:

• Unfollow/Unplug/Distance yourself from news and political accounts

• Avoid conversations that are political, and use language such as, "I respect and love you too much to get into this conversation. You already know we have different views, so it will not end well. Let's discuss something we can be open about"

• Evaluate how it has affected you negatively, and pivot toward a more positive mindset and energy

• Get back to getting closer to others, be kind and be of service

• Be compassionate and understanding that everyone is on their own journey. We don't have to agree with everyone's choices, but we must choose to bring everyone back together regardless

Will you join me?

Jenn Everson

Transformation Coach & NLP Practitioner

Owner, Forever Soon Fulfilled

Blog #9

www.foreversoonfulfilled.com

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