“Bring your friends, invite your family, the more the merrier!” ... but ... ummmm, how do I phrase this... they are the problem 😀 I jest, but not really. One of the pillars of capitalism is the pressure from those around you who should be supporting you, but there’s up supporting the capitalist forces that are pressuring you. They might not know they are, and it’s subtle, but there is pressure. Maybe because they feel stress they can’t control, worried about what the other moms/dads will think, stressed about paying for the soccer league fees that keep going up but don’t want cut their kids off from friends, cut themselves out of the club club, and on and on... anyway, this could be a whole discussion event...
Hi Liz! I just emailed you / responded to today's Substack about volunteering support for the sharing circle in exchange for a subscription. I am a Community Manager and would love to help! :]
I quite my corporate job 7 months ago… I think now I am finally clean. I was a store manager for a huge corporation I was the most stressed and uncreative, it felt like I couldn’t breathe. Thanks for writing this, I feel the same way. 🩷
i've recently realised stress is a choice. Do you buy that? Some people have a hard time with the idea. Yes, bad things happen: The economy sours, our business struggles, the stock market tumbles, jobs are lost, people around us don't follow through, deadlines are missed, projects fail, good people leave. Life is full of these. But still, stress is a choice because whatever the 'trigger event,' we always choose our own response. We choose to react angrily. We choose to stuff our emotions and keep quiet. We choose to worry. Stress is a choice.
I've recently realised stress is a choice. Do you buy that? Some people have a hard time with the idea. Yes, bad things happen: The economy sours, our business struggles, the stock market tumbles, jobs are lost, people around us don't follow through, deadlines are missed, projects fail, good people leave. Life is full of these. But still, stress is a choice because whatever the 'trigger event,' we always choose our own response. We choose to react angrily. We choose to stuff our emotions and keep quiet. We choose to worry. Stress is a choice.
Blaming all your problems on a large external force that you have no control over doesn't make you more mentally healthy, it makes you less mentally healthy. That's my lived experience at least.
This reminded me of an old anti drug commercial... "I work more hours to do more cocaine, I do more cocaine to work more hours".
I feel what you are saying 💯 it is a problem we didn't choose & shouldn't have to solve alone! Thank you for writing about this!
“Bring your friends, invite your family, the more the merrier!” ... but ... ummmm, how do I phrase this... they are the problem 😀 I jest, but not really. One of the pillars of capitalism is the pressure from those around you who should be supporting you, but there’s up supporting the capitalist forces that are pressuring you. They might not know they are, and it’s subtle, but there is pressure. Maybe because they feel stress they can’t control, worried about what the other moms/dads will think, stressed about paying for the soccer league fees that keep going up but don’t want cut their kids off from friends, cut themselves out of the club club, and on and on... anyway, this could be a whole discussion event...
As a current subscriber to Airplance Mode will i automatically be sent the link to the event?
Hi Liz! I just emailed you / responded to today's Substack about volunteering support for the sharing circle in exchange for a subscription. I am a Community Manager and would love to help! :]
I quite my corporate job 7 months ago… I think now I am finally clean. I was a store manager for a huge corporation I was the most stressed and uncreative, it felt like I couldn’t breathe. Thanks for writing this, I feel the same way. 🩷
"Our first sharing circle will take place on Sunday at 9PT/12PT"
Wait, so what time is it? Is it twice?
i've recently realised stress is a choice. Do you buy that? Some people have a hard time with the idea. Yes, bad things happen: The economy sours, our business struggles, the stock market tumbles, jobs are lost, people around us don't follow through, deadlines are missed, projects fail, good people leave. Life is full of these. But still, stress is a choice because whatever the 'trigger event,' we always choose our own response. We choose to react angrily. We choose to stuff our emotions and keep quiet. We choose to worry. Stress is a choice.
I've recently realised stress is a choice. Do you buy that? Some people have a hard time with the idea. Yes, bad things happen: The economy sours, our business struggles, the stock market tumbles, jobs are lost, people around us don't follow through, deadlines are missed, projects fail, good people leave. Life is full of these. But still, stress is a choice because whatever the 'trigger event,' we always choose our own response. We choose to react angrily. We choose to stuff our emotions and keep quiet. We choose to worry. Stress is a choice.
He’s my fav right now. Just read all of his work
Blaming all your problems on a large external force that you have no control over doesn't make you more mentally healthy, it makes you less mentally healthy. That's my lived experience at least.