We weren’t meant to be exposed to this many people’s opinions all the time.

So plan your day accordingly.

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We weren’t meant to be exposed
to this many people’s opinions
all the time.

Sure, the internet has helped me
connect with people
I could not have in my near vicinity

but it has also opened up
others perception of my experiences
and their perceived need and right to comment
on my choices,

in what I reflect to be quite a prescriptive way.

People hearing tidbits of my story and saying
well, it’s obvious the solution is X
(when I have tried X,
I have tried a NUMBER of times
with spectacular failure,
X doesn’t even make sense
given my story)

We weren’t meant to be exposed
to this many people’s opinions
all the time,

and maybe sometimes
the anger and frustration and stress we feel
is the capacity we have to have
to be able to consciously…