Social Exhaustion

- how I've been feeling about social media lately, some of my favorite quotes and a reminder that it is okay to set boundaries (and sharing the ones I've implemented for myself).

I don’t know what it is but I have been very socially drained lately. And the thing is, I really haven’t been around many people since the holidays. But the idea of putting myself together to socialize feels impossible lately. I was trying to explain this to Dave the other day (who sort of understood but didn’t really understand at all) and I started to think about the ways I have filled my social cup in the past month…

We all know January was a big month of events. I found myself glued to social platforms and the news, absorbing the emotions of those directly affected by national tragedies, navigating how to tackle my job online and balancing all types of conversations within my community. I was socially drained without actually being social at all. I would say I have pretty good boundaries when it comes to social media but January really showed me the negative effects of consuming online. I felt numb, irritable, helpless, a little lonely and honestly just sort of sad.