88. Are you Pigeonholed and don't know it?

from Wildly Successful Lifestyle · host Heidi Dawson

www.heididawson.com Instagram:  @theheididawson Are you comfortable hearing the other side of the story? Are you comfortable listening to someone you disagree with? Are you comfortable trying new things? Do you notice the older you get, the less tolerant you are to others, the less adventurous you are? Do you hang only with people that agree with and think like you? Do you watch only the news that tells you what you want to hear? Is your social media filled with people that all feel the same as you? A while back….Mine started to look a lot like that. I started wondering in advance if a person would feel the same way as I do or if they are on “the other team”. How in the world did that happen? I am pretty open about the fact that I love people. I can stand in a room and find something I love about anyone in that room. Then all of a sudden I started wondering if that person believed this or that…or would that person dislike me because I look different from them? These were things that were actually going hrough my brain. This is not normal for me. I had allowed myself to fall into the trap of social media and bias. I sometimes would justify it by saying, I don’t want to dislike that person because of the way they believe so I will unfriend them or unfollow them. When did that become OK????? Why was I afraid of someone that had a different idea of the world? Why does it even matter? This is not a problem with the other person. This is a problem with me.  We watched a documentary called “The Social Dilemma”. IF you want to freak yourself out, watch that documentary. It’s a big problem and more than likely you’re dealing with it too. So if everyone is having this problem how in the world do we fix a problem that big? One person at a time if you ask me. And it starts with each one of us. I believe strongly in personal responsibility. I am a product of my choices and only my choices and if you are older than say 18 you are as well. We can only blame our parents for so long. That may seem harsh but it’s true.

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www.heididawson.com Instagram: @theheididawson Are you comfortable hearing the other side of the story? Are you comfortable listening to someone you disagree with? Are you comfortable trying new things? Do you notice the older you get, the less tolerant you are to others, the less adventurous you are? Do you hang only with people that agree with and think like you? Do you watch only the news that tells you what you want to hear? Is your social media filled with people that all feel the same as you? A while back….Mine started to look a lot like that. I started wondering in advance if a person would feel the same way as I do or if they are on “the other team”. How in the world did that happen? I am pretty open about the fact that I love people. I can stand in a room and find something I love about anyone in that room. Then all of a sudden I started wondering if that person believed this or that…or would that person dislike me because I look different from them? These were things that were actually going hrough my brain. This is not normal for me. I had allowed myself to fall into the trap of social media and bias. I sometimes would justify it by saying, I don’t want to dislike that person because of the way they believe so I will unfriend them or unfollow them. When did that become OK????? Why was I afraid of someone that had a different idea of the world? Why does it even matter? This is not a problem with the other person. This is a problem with me. We watched a documentary called “The Social Dilemma”. IF you want to freak yourself out, watch that documentary. It’s a big problem and more than likely you’re dealing with it too. So if everyone is having this problem how in the world do we fix a problem that big? One person at a time if you ask me. And it starts with each one of us. I believe strongly in personal responsibility. I am a product of my choices and only my choices and if you are older than say 18 you are as well. We can only blame our parents for so long. That may seem harsh but it’s true.