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I’ve been sharing with you a little of the process I’m going through with Soul Expressions and Matt Omo.

Last week I shared with you our commitment to a total media block out.

I’d like to share another insight, if I may.

I noticed across the course of the week that I was feeling really good. I mean, really good. I felt clear, I felt grounded and I certainly felt present. Whatever I was focussing on got exactly that, my focus.

And I also noticed that I became more direction filled. I was carving my own path… ah huh. And therein lies the clue.

I was carving my own path and not lusting after the path of another.

Why? Why would that be different during that week of media block out?

I had a sneaky suspicion that being off social media apps had something to do with it.

I am someone who is genuinely happy for people, whatever the position they’re in. If they’re getting a new house, renovating, getting married, getting a new job, taking a holiday, plunging head first into running a business – I say go for it. Go for it all. I support you and I applaud you.

And although I would never begrudge them for it, I guess a little tiny part of me envies that position and wishes I was there myself. I guess I begrudge myself.

Social media tools allow us to be kept up to date on the happenings of our friends, family and loved ones. They also have a funny way of triggering us, if we’re not 100% over the moon happy ourselves, into feeling less than compared to the rest of the world.

The expectations we place on ourselves in comparison to others can be debilitating. For what? The only person you need to compare you to is yourself. The only person you’ve got to be better than is the person you were the day before.

You know the old adage, out of sight out of mind? This applies here. Temper yourself against the apps. I’m not saying go cold turkey nor am I saying avoid it at all costs. All I’m saying is if you’re not feeling gooood, perhaps it’s time to give the comparison a rest and concentrate on just yourself for a while, hey?

I don’t believe social media tools are to blame. I believe they’re just a magnifier for what’s really going on for us. If we’re triggered about someone’s happiness on facebook, we’ll be triggered about someone’s happiness in real life too. Being off social media won’t solve it. What will solve it is focussing on you and getting your patch of the world right.

You dig?

I thought so 😉

With love

Lynda

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