Constantly consuming stress and outrage isn’t strength.
It’s exhausting your spirit.
Everywhere we turn, it seems there’s a new headline demanding our attention. A new controversy. A new reason to feel frustrated, anxious, or helpless. The constant cycle of outrage can make us feel like being upset all the time is somehow a form of caring — like if we just worry harder, shout louder, or argue longer, we’ll finally fix things.
But the truth is, living in a state of constant stress doesn’t serve us.
It wears us down. It clouds our thinking. It drains our energy away from the very places where it could make a real difference: our families, our communities, our dreams, and our everyday lives.
Choosing to step back doesn’t mean you don’t care.
It doesn’t mean you’re ignoring problems.
It means you are wisely choosing where to spend your most precious resources — your time, your energy, your peace.
There is immense strength in setting healthy boundaries around what you consume.
There is strength in focusing on what you can control:
- Your mindset
- Your actions
- How you treat the people around you
- How you take care of yourself
Protecting your peace isn’t selfish. It’s necessary.
A rested, clear-headed, hopeful person is far more powerful than an exhausted, bitter one.
The world will always have noise.
But you get to choose what you listen to, which battles deserve your attention.
You get to choose what kind of energy you carry into each day.
You get to choose to let some things go — not because they don’t matter, but because you matter too.
Give yourself permission to protect your spirit.
Guard your joy fiercely.
Be the calm in a world addicted to chaos.
It’s not weakness.
It’s wisdom.
Heather Jessop
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hmjelitebookkeeping