Protecting Your Peace: WTF Does That Even Mean?

With Stress Awareness Month coming up in April, here’s a little unhinged commentary on protecting your piece and whatever the fuck that means.

Ignoring shit

This is my go-to, favorite, albeit unhealthy, way to protect my peace. In the past, I would jump at the chance to over explain myself and make sure my reputation is exactly how I want others to perceive me. But at the end of the day, I choose to ignore any misguided, overanalyzed, biased and completely subjective view that can exist of myself out there. If it doesn’t affect my day to day, my relationships with my family or friends or my $$ bag $$ - I will ignore that shit. I am too grown with grown up problems to put my effort and energy to things that simply do not matter anymore. Does it still affect me? Sure - take satisfaction in that. Will I take any proactive action towards it now? Absolutely not. Sorry?

Letting shit go

Ahh, how I wish this is how I protected my peace. It’s not and I’m self aware and humbled enough to admit that. Although I will not instigate anymore, I still think about shit from time to time. I get annoyed, I grumble, I mumble and then I forget about it. Until I don’t… and then I do it all over again. I’m only human and a constant work in progress. So I’m working on letting shit go. But for now, see above.

But also, it’s NOT THAT SERIOUS. Our egos truly rule us, it’s insane. Who caressss???

Isolating yourself

From any factors that will disturb your peace. Don’t go on that date, don’t go to that party, don’t call your parents (I protect my peace by hanging up on my mom instead of yelling at her now… growth) or just don’t talk to anyone, ever. Don’t do anything that will expose you to anything. At all. Stay inside, never leave the house & you’ll never be bothered. Simple!

Cutting it off, cutting it out

Snip snip snip! Block, mute or unfollower whoever you need to on whatever platform or method of communication in order to protect your peace. If you’re bothered, WHY let that thing that’s bothering you exist in your world? In this day and age, we can literally curate what we consume and see. No excuse to be a masochist for no reason. So once again: block, mute, delete, whoever you want in any way, shape or form - the world will still go on and you’ll go on too, just probably much happier.

Limiting access to yourself

I also think people give others way too much access to themselves on the internet. I protect my peace by “oversharing” but I am not doing the most out here, in my opinion. Remove yourself from anything that lets people in, in a way you are not comfortable with or can handle. Why expel your energy into explaining yourself to people who should simply NOT matter?

Also as an Indian, I lowkey do believe in the evil eye….I shudder at the thought of how many evil eyes y’all expose yourselves to on the daily! 20k followers, 100k views and you’re telling me NONE of them are evil?? I can’t.

At the end of the day, protect your peace however the fuck you want. Life is hard - go off, save your breath, go off the grid. If your life is supposedly soooo amazing, shout it from the rooftops but leave the rest of us alone - thank you!