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Am I worth a little while of your time?
Or should i just go?
All I need in life
Pinterest, Tumblr, Spotify and a guitar and journal then I'm good
hii!! i recently read your post regarding if our thoughts are truly our own, and identifying which ones are original and which ones are other people's opinions, content etc. (mind colonization). can u please share some tips on how to properly identify when we're absorbing other people's thoughts, how to free ourselves from these thoughts and maybe how to sit and form our own opinions? does journaling help w the last one? sorry for the long, thank u so much!! love ur posts<33
I believe that quiet and privacy are absolutely important to free ourselves from this colonization of the mind, especially if you're someone who's been connected to social media environments your whole life! I'd recommend, first of all, deactivating all social media for at least 6 months, which may seem extreme but really isn't. there's this propaganda from social media that life is impossible to navigate nowadays without the aid of social media but this is simply not true. this alone will detox your mind in a way you can't even fathom. it'll remove the privacy and mind evasion that is pervasive in social media environments and give you the peace and quiet to just think and be, without the impulse to share everything, and without the projection and reflection from other people.
I'd also recommend speaking less and being less reactive. when faced with an opinion, an idea, a piece of news, etc, try to not immediately pass judgement onto it, to not immediately give an opinion on it (even and especially inside your own mind), to not immediately place an emotion on it. just observing and reflecting on it is enough. not everything deserves or requires a reaction, be it inside or out of our minds. this is also peace and quiet required to clear the mind.
I absolutely think journaling can help with this, but only if it is done in private and along with these other measures. it can't be something done for the aesthetic, but rather a concrete outlet of the mind and that's it.
to sum it up: peace, quiet, privacy, mindfulness! 🌷
