S1 E9

(12/29/21)

Greetings: (all)

• Thought/quote of the day: (Johanna) Uncertainty is the root of anxiety. We ask ourselves questions, hoping to rely on something known: “What’s going to happen?” “What do they think of me?” “What if this goes badly?”
• And though we might blame our hermit-like behavior on people-hating or extreme introversion, it’s probably more than that. What we’re truly avoiding is the uncomfortable emotions that come with interacting with people like awkwardness, anxiety, boredom, and self-consciousness. Practices like ghosting are the result of bad manners and conflict avoidance. But all the negative emotion you forego ends up dumped on the other person. It’s the worst kind of outsourcing.
• on-screen communication allows time to compose, edit, and perfect, whereas face-to-face communication
• managing social media can feel like a social crisis.
• Social anxiety is a fear of being revealed and judged as somehow deficient
• we may feel a sense of relief when we can curate and control our digital lives
• Selfcare

-Ellen Hendriksen, Ph.D.-a clinical psychologist at Boston University's Center

-https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-be-yourself/201803/how-technology-makes-us-anxious?amp

Recap of last week’s Truth/Dare: (Johanna)

• Truth: (Johanna) When was the last time you felt bugged or anxious? When was the last time you used technology unnecessarily?
  • Anike: Saturday, woke up on the wrong side of the bed. GPS
  • Johanna: Using social media when you have time, and spending way too much time on it. Watch: Not tracking workouts
  • Bretagne: Saturday, irritated that my partner didn’t want to talk to me while eating breakfast. Watch: not hitting calorie goals
• Dare:( Johanna)  Spend at least a 3 hour chunk of time without any technology.
  • Anike: on and off until the car ride home.
  • Johanna: on and off until the family party and saw more in her kids she didn’t see beofre
  • Bretagne: on and off until plane ride and was able to write and read

New Truth: (Anike): What was your goal(s) in 2021 and did you keep it?

New Dare: (Anike): Create a vision board for 2022 with an emphasis on your big 3

• Johanna: Completed most of her vision board
• Bretagne: Wrote down so many goals and kept most of them
• Anike: Had 3 goals, and accomplished parts of all of them

Sign off:  something uplifting, and “we dare you”

• Thanks for listening, we are the Dare to Tribe and we Dare you to Tri.