Social Media Break

 

So this is me, wearing my mirror necklace. This is one of my daily magick tools. I usually wear this when I go to town to keep negative energy away from me. I just went to the water authority to pay my bill. Before I left, I put the necklace on because even though I was only going to one place, and they are really nice, it is the end of the year. People's emotions are running high. I decided the necklace was a safe bet.

For the first time ever, the necklace felt uncomfortable. The cord was rubbing my skin. The mirror itself felt heavy, and it isn't; it's very lightweight because I don't like heavy jewelry. 

A few times during the drive, I held the mirror up and silently intoned, I send all negative energy back times 3. 

And it worked, because the mirror would go back to feeling normal. 

I came home, took the selfie, then got on my desktop so I could write this post. My computer is being really slow. I think the negative energy is coming from social media.

Couple of days ago, I ticked off a person on Instagram. I commented what I thought was a helpful suggestion and he took it the wrong way. I should have let it go, but I kept replying to his comments, which steadily got worse. I apologized, he asked what I was apologizing for. And that's where I should have stopped, but foolishly, I replied. And I made my second mistake of trying to explain myself. Don't ever explain your apology. No one needs to know your reason behind it. I forgot this, so naturally his response was very angry. Nobody ever likes the reason anyone apologized because they always have something very different in mind, and when your reasons don't match what they wanted to hear, they just get pissed off because you aren't sorry enough. 

At that point, I got off social media altogether. I decided to take a break. I stayed off for two days. When I finally logged on, I just cleared my notifications; I didn't scroll. I discovered I gained a couple of followers, and some people had liked my comments. That probably made the person I ticked off even madder. Probably right now, there's a long rant about me and others who disagreed with his post. And I don't want to see it. I don't need to know anybody's opinion of me. 

During my break, I decided I would only get on social media in the evenings unless I am posting something to promote my shop. Business social media I try to do in the hour of Venus. If I am scrolling in the morning and I see something negative, that sets the tone for the rest of my day. I don't want the rest of my day to be a knee jerk reaction to how strangers may perceive me. I decided I would only scroll the sites I really like, such as Pinterest. I don't need to scroll Facebook or Instagram. I don't need to comment. And really, after this, I totally understand why people don't comment on this blog. You think I will be angry with you. I won't, unless you spam me. But anyway, I understand why no one interacts on social media. It isn't worth it. 

I haven't decided how my social media break will affect this blog. At first, Blogger wasn't in the equation. I still have changes I want to make. I am going to add pages, change my picture, and I will still do Witch Wednesdays. I am not going away. I feel like I walked into a troll trap that should have avoided. I am thinking about doing some kind of cleansing/protection ritual every time I am online so that I don't get sucked into drama again. This whole experience has me feeling edgy. I keep wondering if it will spill over into something else. This annoys me because comments are small things that shouldn't affect me for days. 

Of course, real life social interactions are often just as bad. I sometimes wonder what a person will do or say. Usually their reactions is nothing like I thought it would be. Maybe social media isn't to blame. Maybe people just suck. IDK. Anyway, these are my end of the year thoughts. I am going to try focusing on something else because I would like 2022 to end on a positive note. Blessed be, my dears. Don't the trolls get you.