Escaping ESCAPISM?

 

ESCAPING ESCAPISM?   Surely, either we have seen OR witnessed that several times [OR many times] in our life.  OR probably we ourselves were right at the forefront of things.  Either ESCAPING from something we either we DON'T want OR we hate OR we despise OR we were aghast.  OR in NOT so controversial circumstances, we simply wanted to put off doing something now FOR  a future time we DON'T even exert efforts to figure out WHEN📗📙📘

I've come across this UNKNOWN quote:  "SIT WITH IT.  INSTEAD OF DRINKING AWAY, SMOKING IT AWAY, SLEEPING IT AWAY, EATING IT AWAY, OR RUNNING FROM IT, JUST SIT WITH IT.  HEALING HAPPENS BY FEELING".  Verily true, sometimes we all need to ESCAPE every once in a while.  After a day-long grueling work OR a monotonous daily routine, we may need to either take a quick break, a quick out-of-town OR even watch a movie OR simply play your fav video game💥💥💥

I CAN'T disagree that ESCAPISM does help us rewind, refresh OR even figure out answers to some stubborn questions OR problems we encounter in our daily life.  After all, ESCAPISM in itself ISN'T that bad.  It's NOT even like a stigma we need to cover up BUT here's the catch.  WHEN ESCAPISM turns into reality, there the problem lies❌❌❌

BUT are we aware of those tell-tale signs that things might run berserk?  YES dude, it could start with a 'I NEED A BREAK' statement.  BUT sooner OR later, that break starts escalating to avoidance.  Talking about HABIT FORMATION.  Any chances of digesting reality dismissed as soon as they hit our mind.  And then it starts becoming our norm.  You dread your life so any chance you get, you delve into your movie binge, switching from Netflix to another.  You DON'T wait to breathe after work so you pick the remote the moment you're home and sleep right after, the last image being that last sequence of the movie till your eyes closed😌😌😌

Our takeaway:  YES, we end up disliking one storyline one after another, ending up seeking other people's stories, one after the other, episode after episode, series after series, day after day, binge-watching your way to another reality.  The problem is, that other reality NEVER comes.  Uggggggh.  ESCAPISM.  Taking breaks turns to avoidance instead.  Postponing an idea's execution, numbing the pain with travel, movies and snacks.  NO time to meditate on reality.  Dude, that worsening habit will be wreaking havoc to your life.  WAKE UP.  We got to be ESCAPING ESCAPISM❗❗❗