Friday, January 22, 2021

COVID and Politics equals loneliness and social isolation

 What a miserable combination!  An epidemic that isolated the globe, and political differences that split up the few people we have in our lives. Where do we begin again? 

I think with the few people in our lives, regarding political differences,  it's time to say, "Let's agree to disagree and let it go." How would you word it? 

Meanwhile, GET OUT of the house. Put your mask on, and go for a public walk in a park, to the grocery store, practice eye-contact (that's all they can see). Try it at home- look in a mirror, put your mask on, and try smiling with your eyes. Medical workers have been doing this for years, to put patients at ease, because they have always been masked. Nod and say "Hi".  

Pat yourself on the back for trying. It's very hard if you're depressed to get moving.  Say,  "Good for me!  I went for a walk for 10 minutes instead of staying at home. I said 'hi' to one person!" Say it out loud, because it helps to imprint it on the brain. 

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WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET?


Most of the time we are passive participants;
watchers and listeners of our computers, our televisions, cell-phones, movie theaters.

Then with little practice we are supposed to talk and express ourselves articulately on job interviews, meeting new people at work, starting to date, selling our business plans.

These are the most intimidating situations to begin with, when we're out of practice, or never had any in the first place and where we feel we're being scrutinized.

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Public speaking totally intimidated me, and I had no experience. I had accidentally developed a career in the very field I hated; public speaking.

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