Nowadays, with foolishness at an all time high and clapping back having become the norm, there are a number of reasons why you should ignore f*ckery. Just so we’re all on the same page, f*ckery is defined as nonsense, foolishness or a waste of time. While it’s perfectly human to want to respond, here are a few reasons why you should ignore f*ckery:
To Protect Your Peace
One of the main reasons you should ignore f*ckery is to protect your peace. Your peace should be one of your number one priorities. There’s nothing that can disrupt your peace quite like f*ckery. Peace disrupting f*ckery comes in many forms; a passive-aggressive text message, a blind-siding e-mail, an inflammatory tweet, etc. While you’ll be sorely tempted to respond, don’t. Pause, take a deep breath, count to ten, ignore and move on. Your peace is more important than any temporary satisfaction you’ll gain from engaging with f*ckery.
“Sorry, but I’m unbothered and unmoved by your f*ckery.”
To Reclaim Your Time
Another reason it’s important for you to ignore f*ckery is to reclaim your time. Think about it – in the past, how much time have you wasted focused on f*ckery? Time is your most precious resource. You can always make more money or buy more stuff, but you can’t acquire more time. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. We’ve all been guilty of falling in the f*ckery trap, wasting time on things that didn’t deserve our attention. However, when you know better, you do better. You have better things to do with your time than to waste it on f*ckery.
To Focus On What’s Important
Finally, you should ignore f*ckery to focus on what’s important. You only have so much time and there are only so many hours in the day. If we’re honest, most of us don’t have enough time to do what we have to do, let alone engage in voluntary, unnecessary nonsense. Since we have to make choices on how we spend our time, it only makes sense to spend it on what’s important. Not only is f*ckery unimportant, it’s a distraction. What important things have we laid to the side in order to focus on unimportant nonsense?
Final Thoughts
Ignoring f*ckery doesn’t mean to be ignorant or unaware. It simply means choosing not to allow nonsense to rob you of your peace, time or attention. It means maintaining control of your feelings and emotions in the face of foolishness. While we can’t control the foolishness we’re exposed to on the daily, we can control whether or not we choose to give it any shine.