Dana Mrkich – A lot of dust has been swirled up this week. It is pushing buttons and triggering people left and right. On the positive side, we are becoming more aware of what’s important to us and are feeling more compelled to actively do something to contribute to the kind of world we want to live in. On the flip side, we could easily spend all day being outraged about the stories, posts and comments we see flooding our feed.
Regardless of where you stand on an issue the chances of being triggered are high right now because everyone’s opinions are very much intensified. So if you agree with a post or article, the comments that don’t agree might upset you and vice versa.
While there’s the initial rush of adrenalin that anger provides, and the call to action it encourages, when we feel it constantly it is exhausting and drains us of our power. Social media is really powerful for the amount of information it provides but it is hard if not impossible to emotionally process the avalanche of information hurling our way all day every day. We don’t have time to read every single article properly and so we find ourselves fuming at this heading or that heading or sharing like crazy when we haven’t really read the whole thing.