This World Is Not Made For Our Peace

Everything in our world consumes our peace - this is the way our society is set up and the systems we operate within. And we dare to call this “normal”. I read a quote the other day that said, “This world is not made for our peace; our world is made for our productivity”, and that got me thinking about how we move through our days, weeks, months, years, and what we all seem to agree is “normal”. The moment we wake, we are bombarded with notifications - get updated on everything that happened when you were sleeping - social media updates, late-night emails, your morning app reminding you to drink water, a notification telling you how much sleep you got, and a “don’t forget to move” nudge. And this continues All. Day. Long… and we call it “normal”. When you really think about it, we’ve decided that it is ok to constantly be interrupted. But if a real person were to interrupt us as much as our notifications do, I’m pretty sure we’d avoid that person like they were the plague. So why do we allow this from the device in our pockets? I start this episode talking about how overwhelmed I am, and when we stop to look at what we have all accepted as “normal”, it’s obvious as to why we are so burnt out and mentally unwell as a society. And that got me thinking about that quote, “This world is not made for our peace; our world is made for our productivity”. And I think it is even more specific than that. I believe our society is not made for our peace nor our productivity; it is made to demand our attention at all times and keep us in a place of overwhelm and burnout. I hope you’ll put your shoes on and come join me on my walk today. Touch grass and hug a tree - Jess. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jesstheholisticcmo.substack.com