Positivity

                Being positive isn’t a gift given at birth, it’s a choice you make in every moment. And it’s a hard choice a lot of the time. Unfortunate, unplanned things happen to us in life that we must deal with and in those moments, we still need to choose to be positive because the negativity can swallow us up. I think we are so used to dealing with tragedy due to our personal experience in it and witnessing it happen to friends and loved ones that we’re comfortable with it. The news, journalism, and social media are riddled with stories that play on our strongest emotions; anger and sadness. Being surrounded by such negativity daily, not to mention if you work in the job field I do (victim assistance), as well as dealing with personal issues, it can become too much to handle.

                I believe the published and public word have a certain responsibility to the truth and to the health of our society. If we are surrounded by negativity sooner or later it will affect us in a way that shapes our thinking and eventually our habits. If so much of what circulates in the media we consume brings out our strongest and most negative emotions it can be exhausting. That energy we’re using to process adverse things can be better spent on positive productivity and growth. I understand there are natural occurring things that happen and there’s truly no good spin to put on it. And I also understand that we have a right to know what is happening in the world, good or bad. However, there is a clear line I think the media world has been crossing, into being obviously unhealthy to the general public.

                I want to do what has never been done before. I want to have a space in all media outlets that create only positive and informative content for people to consume. And I’m talking every single avenue of media. A blog, and website, social media pages like facebook, twitter, Instagram, tic tok, and more, as well as a magazine, books, shows and movie documentaries, news channels, journalism and publishing companies, podcasts and even advertising. I want to make a positive space in every single media outlet available to the public. People need a refreshing new meaning of the word “Media” because what’s out there dominating that world right now is not positive and most of it is not meaningful.