Negativity Bypass
Everyone needs a break .. Everyone needs some downtime!
It seems as of late everywhere and I literally mean everywhere you go.. Grocery stores, Churches, corner store, relative’s house, in your own living room there is an increase in negativity. I’m sure there’s a logical reason for it all I mean I’ve even tried to explain it away, but in the end, it comes down to one thing mental and spiritual overload.
Coming to the end of 2015 I had some feelings; perhaps desperation to detach from the rest of the free world. I feel like there should be a place you can still obtain information or good vibes from without, all the mood, gloom and dread. We elected in 2014 because of the over dramatized holiday’s that we’d stop celebrating the new improved tainted version of things and learn to celebrate family again.
Since we weren’t going to be joining the commercialized version of the holidays I decided to take with the start of our Winter Vacation and unplug session. It was so nice I went through the entire month of December. With the exception of quick glances here and there on Facebook I reduced my viewing time from about 6–10 times a day and perhaps 3–4hours a day depending on trends for 0–2 times a day and 1hour total use time.
Granted, I’m not a huge fan of Facebook and most of my use is catching up on trending news, headlines, apparently this year has been a huge breakup year in the relationship categories, and weather updates. I’m a big fan of the local mom pages, sales pages, and some home traveling pages. Based on most people’s post these days it appears that others are using it for other reasons. One of the biggest issues, in my opinion, is the lack of tack when posting horrid photos there really is no filter and after a while, all you can do is sigh and agree we are indeed “fuck’d up”.
I have to admit I’ve enjoyed hiding from negative people — hell I hid from everyone with the exception of my family unit. It was nice, I even left my phone on my desk several times and it felt nice not having the weight of what I just accidentally saw on some idiots post. I think it was so revealing that I might just keep moving with the same game plan in January maybe this will be the new version of me…..
What’s a Negativity Bypass anyway? What does that look like?
On me, it looks a lot like detachment putting away all the things that can and might be a potential negative cesspool. I put the phone down, I logged out of Facebook, I read the local paperless, I didn’t bother with television news other than urgent weather updates, I tweaked my notifications. Tried to engage in upbeat movies, tv shows, books, and movies. I can see how a few things slipped in but for the most part, I think I did very well.
Perhaps negativity bypassing is the new version of me. One month at a time One week at a time One day at a time. I think I like the idea of it all.
~ IvoryAngel