Boundaries
I've discovered (as I do every four years about this time) that it's very hard to have boundaries with a phone.It's on you all the time. There's a drip-drip-drip of information that's very hard to ignore. It's particularly hard when you feel the future of your country is at stake.
What happens, though, is that I drink from this tap all day, and all it does is create anxiety. I already voted. I've told all of you how I feel and who I hope you vote for. I've done what I can do. Yet I'm still twisting in the wind with every news update (99% of which are utterly meaningless).
Today I decided to wait until 6 p.m. to check any political news, and to only check one site (a political forum I've followed for decades, which usually mentions anything remotely important that's happened).
It's amazing how much better I feel. A little bored, to be honest, but relieved at the same time.
It made me wonder if people who otherwise have good boundaries in their lives (in their relationships, and with their employers) are more successful at having boundaries with their phones. It also makes me wonder if I have a lack of boundaries in general, or if this is a specific case.
As always, I'm working on myself. Sometimes more successfully than others.
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