Re: Newbies Nest
Great posts these past few days. Love the discussion about FB and its associated pros and cons. I think it can be a good tool, but it also is contributing to our global culture/society in some really negative ways. Comparing our lives to the cherry-picked aspects of others' will almost always feel bad. The whole part of social media in general that is feeding this wave of "here's what I had for lunch and here's what I was thinking on the toilet and..." is not good or psychologically healthy in my opinion. On the plus side, people can reconnect or stay connected with friends and family around the world in a fairly efficient way. I know several fairly isolated people (geographically, politically, or otherwise) who would have almost no support network if not for their FB friends. But I think on balance the negative outweighs the positive.
Kensho - regarding how the other dad reacted to your not drinking, I think drinking is just one of many ways in which we (generic collective "we") do things because we're "supposed to" do them, everybody does them, we almost do them without thinking or making a considered choice. And then when someone opts to get off of that cattle train, others sometimes react with what is probably jealousy. It's almost threatening. Like it doesn't occur to people that they can choose otherwise, and when someone else dares to, it triggers cognitive dissonance which then causes people to either justify their own choices/behaviors or sometimes triggers growth and change.
Lav - I love the cool that sometimes follows big storms. I hope you were rewarded with this!
Byrdie - the right job will come along - just keep putting out into the universe what you're looking for and hopefully it will come your way - maybe when you least expect it!
Jane - good to see you!
Hellos and waves to everyone stopping by the nest today. Hope you all have great Friday days and eves!
Great posts these past few days. Love the discussion about FB and its associated pros and cons. I think it can be a good tool, but it also is contributing to our global culture/society in some really negative ways. Comparing our lives to the cherry-picked aspects of others' will almost always feel bad. The whole part of social media in general that is feeding this wave of "here's what I had for lunch and here's what I was thinking on the toilet and..." is not good or psychologically healthy in my opinion. On the plus side, people can reconnect or stay connected with friends and family around the world in a fairly efficient way. I know several fairly isolated people (geographically, politically, or otherwise) who would have almost no support network if not for their FB friends. But I think on balance the negative outweighs the positive.
Kensho - regarding how the other dad reacted to your not drinking, I think drinking is just one of many ways in which we (generic collective "we") do things because we're "supposed to" do them, everybody does them, we almost do them without thinking or making a considered choice. And then when someone opts to get off of that cattle train, others sometimes react with what is probably jealousy. It's almost threatening. Like it doesn't occur to people that they can choose otherwise, and when someone else dares to, it triggers cognitive dissonance which then causes people to either justify their own choices/behaviors or sometimes triggers growth and change.
Lav - I love the cool that sometimes follows big storms. I hope you were rewarded with this!
Byrdie - the right job will come along - just keep putting out into the universe what you're looking for and hopefully it will come your way - maybe when you least expect it!
Jane - good to see you!
Hellos and waves to everyone stopping by the nest today. Hope you all have great Friday days and eves!
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