Day 2: Oops I Did It Again

I have a 1 pm to go live on LinkedIn with a branding buddy to chat all things branding for business.

Despite cutting down drastically on social media, I decided this morning it would be a good idea to dork around on Instagram for a few.

Seeing a story that a friend posted of Charlie Kirk telling a young adult not to marry his girlfriend who is part of a different political party had me undone.

I immediately had to share it to my personal page with the caption: “Oh no, Ryan and I are doomed.” along with some commentary related to the video.

Doing that made me feel physically ill. The fact that my husband and I have differing political views and are still able to have a loving and respectful relationship is what some people need to be reminded of.

It is SO divisive in America right now because of the messaging that is coming from the administration. Us vs them. It’s gross.

My comment on my story also mentioned that when you buy in completely to one party, you lose your individualism.

Allegiance should be pledged to being a decent human. Not blindly following a group of people that tell you what to care about and who to not care about. And spoiler alert, both parties in the United States have changed their stances on hot topic items based on what gets the most money raised and/or can increase control.

Back in 2020 I talked about this on the podcast but not sure I’ve written about why it feels so hard to share opinions. And the reason for that is because it’s not safe to. Then it wasn’t safe for women to share and lead in positions of power. Now it’s not safe for men either. But only certain men.

The synchronicity of me reviving this blog and committing to writing daily the day Jimmy Kimmel was removed from his role isn’t lost on me.

Now’s not the time to sit down and shut up. It’s time to stand up and start conversations. With each other, not me. I’ll be cocooning between writing until it becomes natural to share again. lol

But seriously, when you are only tuned into one side, you are blind to what is happening on the other side. When we lose our ability to go into conversations with an open mind, we are closed off from developing as a human. A fixed mindset and beliefs about huge segments prevents growth. What doesn’t grow stagnates. With stagnation comes deterioration.