Protecting My Peace

Hey there! Thanks for coming back and if you're new, thanks for stopping by. This week I want to talk about something that we hear about so often, but I'm not sure we really know what it means or how to do it. From the title, I'm sure you have guessed the topic is "Protecting Your Peace."

When starting to write for this week, I had to ask myself, what does that truly mean, "protecting my peace?" I know what it looked and felt like to me. I knew how I made it a reality, but I'm not sure I knew exactly what it meant. So, of course I went to our friend with all of the answers Mr. Google.

When I googled "Protecting my peace," what came up was the following: Protecting your peace means taking care of yourself mentally and emotionally by setting boundaries, avoiding toxic people and situations, and practicing self-care. Ways to protect your peace include learning to say no, curating the content you consume online, avoiding toxic people, and engaging in activities that bring you joy.

I'm not sure about you, but there was a time in my life where I seemed too always be so stressed, drained, and tired. Initially I wasn't sure why, then I just started taking initial time to focus on when I started to feel that way which led me to releasing some things, situations, and people. For the longest, I felt like the weakest thing that I could do was to block someone from my phone or social media. Then one day I learned that I had to protect my peace at all costs! I pay my phone bill every month, but one thing I will not do is pay it every month for someone to stress me out.

I would take social media breaks because whew chile, some of the stuff from politics to who was right or wrong over a happy meal would just get so annoying and I had to let it go. I was sick of seeing it every time I opened up an app. Another way I protected my peace was being selective about the TV shows and movies I watched. If it had some kind of dark or depressing undertone such a crime show or a movie where people were dying left and right, I didn't watch it. I watched things that made me laugh or feel happy like Living Single, The Golden Girls, or almost any Hallmark Christmas movie :)

This week I challenge you to identify what are some toxic things in your life and how can you protect your peace from them. It's a baby step process especially if some of those things you have been dealing with for a while but one step is better than no steps. Ya'll have good week and can't wait to see you next Wednesday!