November 2022 IWSG
Here's my insecurity for this month. Some people suck. They're petty and seem to look for opportunities to pick fights with anyone and everyone or they spend all their time picking their own wounds. Right now, the online world is full of these people. They're mentally exhausting and they make me want to avoid the internet.
It makes me wish for a more peaceful time. If only we could go back to an age when a writer's only worry was finding a nice quill and some gently-used parchment.
But then I wouldn't have deodorant or voting rights...
That's my insecurity...what's been bugging you this month?
Well, fluff it.
It is what it is, so I shall stop overthinking and worrying. It's not like my life is ever that hard.
And it's November! It's time to count the blessings.
Speaking of hard lives and great attitudes, this is a clip from Fresh Off the Boat. It's one of my favorite shows and Grandma is one of my favorite characters. I love her.
Diary of Anne Frank...talk about a reminder of problem vs. annoyance
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Online can truly be exhausting! I think that why I still love blogs and blogging. It still happens but much less frequently.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Blogging is the most considerate of platforms. That's why even when I am busy, I keep the blog.
DeleteIt is exhausting. I just want to wake up next Wednesday and to good news.
ReplyDeleteI want to wake up happy every day, so I stopped watching the news. :)
DeleteNot much else to say. You nailed it.
ReplyDeleteMic drop. LOL
DeleteLove what you had to say here. Glad to see your kindness and humor at work, and your choice to be one of the kind. Thank you, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteIf we stop laughing, we'll be in trouble!
DeleteI keep telling my husband I'd like to go back to the 70's.
ReplyDeleteThe 70s? Nope. I want to go back to the 80s. LOL
DeleteI avoid a lot of online interaction due to the levels of toxicity out there. I also draw back from toxic topics, and spend most of my scrolling on puns and words of kindness in select facebook groups when I am online (or digital painting posts on Instagram).
ReplyDeleteI do love puns. I never thought to scroll for them. Guess what I'll be doing when I get off here...
DeleteOnline can be like a car crash you're driving by. You find it hard to look away and sometimes that results in you being in your own crash.
ReplyDeleteYou said it!!!
DeleteI agree with others that blogging in general seems like a more supportive online platform and way to connect with other.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is more personal and less "drive by". And by nature, I think bloggers are more thoughtful and professional in their postings.
DeleteMy novel is based in an alternative future after 9/11 and I thought that was pretty dramatic. Even in my alternative vision, I could not see the divisiveness that seems to permeate our daily lives. I am so afraid of what the world will be for my grand children and pray that my kids continue to teach them the important values.
ReplyDeleteThankfully there are some people that don't suck out there too.
Yeah, I never saw this coming. I was driving through Pittsburgh and saw a sign that said "The Media is the Virus"... I think that's truth. Our outrage and meltdowns make them money, so us getting along is not part of the media's agenda. My husband and I traveled from home (WV) to Los Angeles and along the way, people were people. Red states and blue states. The world seems a whole lot chaotic when you turn off the media and look someone in the eye when you have a conversation.
DeletePrayer. You nailed it. That's what will get us through. People always ask me what my best tool for raising my boys- prayer and lots of it!!!
What's bugging me? Political ads on television, retailers have had Christmas decorations out since September, and I just realized Thanksgiving is only 3 weeks away! Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Back off, Walmart! Though, truth be told...I as soon as the turkey is cleared from the table, I am ready for the Christmas decorations. But then I procrastinate a while...you know all that turkey makes me lazy.
DeleteSadly, people have been petty and awful since the beginning of time. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteFortunately, there are others who aren't. I try to find those people.
That is a very good point. It does fee like every problem we are facing is new and somehow worse, but it's the same thing recycled throughout history.
Delete"Some people suck"--I couldn't have said it better. They're the insects in need of a windshield.
ReplyDeleteI suppose that's me some days, too!
I would never imagine you as one of the bugs in need of a windshield!
DeleteI've dropped a lot of social media. I'm tired of the #@!$!! on it. And don't get me started on the annoying ads.
ReplyDeleteHumans are much better in real life. Well, most of them are.
DeleteHow you doing, girl? How’s life? How them boys?
ReplyDeleteIt’s been too long!
I agree - people are not showing their nice sides lately. everyone is so on edge, no filters, no common courtesies... I appreciate so much when I see politeness in public. It’s not all gone, and face to face, most people are trying to be good. I think the economy and atmosphere spewed by media and social sources add to the irritation... we just have to keep smiling and hope it spreads!
how about book events? glad to see you still writing away! you going to any next spring? i need to get back into writing and going to events—need some me time!
hope all is well! i miss you!
Tara Tyler Talks
I've missed you too!!! Biys are great. We added the girl...via marraige, I'm too old for birthing new kiddos.
DeleteI miss real life events and miss you too!! I'm so out of the events loops I didn't even get signed up for the one in WV. And I've been sort of writing, but not nearly enough.