When Politics become your religion
“ what mistakes I made in 2020 that destroyed my life & how to avoid it this coming election season ”
You’d have to be hiding under a rock to not know how f*cking stressful 2019 - 2021 was.
Between deliberate Government overreach, Plandemics, masking, virtual schooling, internet trolls and so much more. My family was not affected whatsoever by the chain of events - my husbands job stayed the same, we lived in a very free State ( South Carolina ) and my kids were always homeschooled. We were so thankful we set our lives up so deliberate and detached from what everyone else was doing from day one of making our home. My husband and I were forced to wake up to the corruption of Pharma and Big Gov early on in our marriage when our first son almost died from a vaccine injury. So being preppers for over a decade and not trusting anything at face value came in super f*cking clutch during the circus of 2020.
But as I was watching the events unfold I was losing my mind. How could people fall for this? Why are Americans giving up their freedoms so willingly ? WTF WTF WTF !!!!! Just kept replaying in my mind and heart over and over and over again.
But here’s where I absolutely f*cked up royally - I thought it was my job to wake everyone up to the shit show that was unveiling before our very eyes.
I had an Instagram following and had one of two choices:
act like this isn’t happening and keep sharing affiliate links & mom hacks
lose friends, family and followers and speak the f*ck up
I went with option #2 .
As much as a badass that I was, that thankless job of following current events and politics like it was my religion led to extremely devastating habits. It destroyed my marriage, my health, my everything.
Sure it was cool that I went viral in the process and was waking up so many people, but at what cost?
My businesses were booming, I created an empowerment merch line that generated half a million dollars from my home office and I felt on top of the world. Until that one glass of wine to take the edge off of how out of control I really was of BIG GOV and BIG PHARMA turned into a bottle of wine.
Next thing I know 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
it turned into a bottle of wine everyday, then it turned into shitty hungover mornings yelling at my kids because I was up till 3am on TikTok trying to solve the next Conspiracy Theory so I could let my followers know what’s really going on. As mortifying as it is to write this out, it’s also freeing. And I know the only way to have impact in this life is to get vulnerable, keep it real and tell the truth.
And the truth is Politics became my Religion. If Trump didn’t get in, my kids future would be f*cked and and life would end as we knew it. Trump low-key became my God, waking the masses my full time under paid job and current events my idol. And four years later I can attest to our Country being the laughing stock of the world, our economy being absolute shit and YES Trump did a hell of a job when in office, but guess what? - the world kept spinning even with a geriatric fake President in office. My boys grew, my husband got sober, and I was faced with looking myself in the mirror and evaluating WTF is worth my time and energy.
What was looking back at me ?
I was 60 lbs overweight, neglecting what mattered most to me AND had f*cking snakes in my circle. Here’s the cool part, it felt like I was seeing the world around me for the first time. I could see current events for what they really were and where they line up as far as priorities of my life. The tale as old as time - Republicans and Democrats fighting worse than my toddlers at bedtime -spewing hate left and right. Keeping the masses arguing and joining in on the tantrums which will always result in easier control for the Elite to push their agendas.
So I decided then that something had to change, my kids were growing up on warp speed and this was not worth it anymore. Call it growth, call it selfish, I don’t really care - I am tapping out.
So here we are, months away from another shit show election. I’ve healed, I’ve set boundaries around the topic and unfriended, unfollowed whoever the f*ck I needed to - irl and on my smart phone. I’ve created new outlets of empowering women and their families to their best health and freedom filled lives - I am relentless in that pursuit.
and Freethinkology Academy )
Whats that saying again ? The hand the rocks the cradle rules the world ? We cannot change current events, but we can control how we respond. We can put our families first, our health first, audit our circles and set up those boundaries so that we can better respond to what goes on around us.
And don’t forget WHO is in control of even such a time as this. Trust God - He knows what He’s doing.
Read below to see what I am doing to protect my nervous system and peace this time around :)
habits
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habits 〰️
unfollowing the news : I am an all or nothing kind of gal, so I am no longer in the loop ( thankfully my husband is more than happy to stay in it, and he gives me spark notes if I ask )
prioritizing prayer daily : it can feel helpless and hopeless, but the most impact will happen on our knees praying daily for our Country, our family and our futures
not allowing bad habits to creep back in : I will not allow a bottle of wine to become my only way of coping, long walks ( 10 k steps specifically ) long talks with my peeps, sunshine, disconnecting with my family, and getting outside - this will be the way for me this election season
not allowing ANYONE in my inner circle that is questionable :
homies audit that CIRCLE !! once, twice, three times - misery loves company and losers breed negativity, life is way too short to have anyone around you that you can’t be unapologetically you around.
