If you are anything like me you are sick to death of anything and everything political. \u00a0Seems like you can’t log in to any social media site without witnessing- if not actually getting into- an all out brawl. \u00a0Even the simplest, most innocent observation can turn ugly in the blink of an eye.<\/p>\n
Why are we doing this to ourselves?<\/p>\n
Has anyone ever, in the history of the internet, changed anyone’s mind about ANYTHING this way? \u00a0I submit they have not. \u00a0Yet, we keep yelling at our neighbors and our friends and even our relatives for what? \u00a0To prove we are right?<\/p>\n
Here’s a radical thought. \u00a0Well, 2 actually.<\/p>\n
#1 Log off when your blood pressure starts to rise. \u00a0The cute pictures of your niece will be there tomorrow. \u00a0Go watch cat videos on YouTube. \u00a0Go read a book. \u00a0Go call your mother (assuming you won’t argue with her). \u00a0Go for a walk. \u00a0Do something, anything else to prevent blood boil. \u00a0If there is one person who is getting your goat on a daily basis it’s OK to log off of them with the unfollow button. \u00a0It’s there for a reason.<\/p>\n
#2 When you are calm and want to interact online again do so with kindness and maturity. \u00a0I believe it IS still possible to disagree without being disagreeable. \u00a0Not everyone got this memo, and when you encounter those folks try to be reasonable and kind. \u00a0And if that doesn’t work, refer to rule #1.<\/p>\n
Social media is supposed to make our lives better, not worse. \u00a0Self-care is just as important here as in any other area of your life. \u00a0Be good to yourself. \u00a0You deserve it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you are anything like me you are sick to death of anything and everything political. \u00a0Seems like you can’t log in to any social media site without witnessing- if not actually getting into- an all out brawl. \u00a0Even the simplest, most innocent observation can turn ugly in the blink of an eye. Why are we doing this to ourselves?… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[24,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/argument-1419804-639x395.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}