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I’ve finished up my newest article that explores the evolution & more importantly devolution of the Social Media Landscape. Seeing the great migration to Bluesky gives me hope that there is a hope for Social Media and I’m so pleased to connect with everyone here. I’ve been inviting my friends & family here and I encourage you to do the same, we have strength and power in numbers. After all when it comes to free social media networks, we are the product, not the customer; so starve the beasts of your time and attention and I look forward to presenting my new article: Discernment & Disengagement: Critically Re-Evaluating Social Media’s Value Proposition

Please enjoy my newest article on Medium: Discernment & Disengagement: Critically Re-Evaluating Social Media’s Value Proposition - Reclaim Your Time By Re-evaluating Your Relationship With Social Media! https://medium.com/@naturallifestyleoptimization/discernment-disengagement-critically-re-evaluating-social-medias-value-proposition-46056e6ca77c

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Discernment & Disengagement: Critically Re-Evaluating Social Media’s Value Proposition - Reclaim Your Time By Re-evaluating Your Relationship With Social Media!

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Los Angeles Fires: The Sun Sets On The California Dream.

My heart breaks for the people of Los Angeles impacted by the devastating fires. This is our long-feared worst case scenario come to reality; a wildfire in tandem with urban firestorms, straining the firefighting resources but also the water systems themselves. For the people who lost their lives, homes, pets, businesses, and cherished institutions, they are suffering the most directly, but these fires and their aftermath will be a systemic shock to the Los Angeles area and Southern California in general. We have been lucky enough to escape this doomsday scenario until now, but this really questions our very way of life here in this bone-dry and crowded region of almost 30 million people. Every year I get tired of the summer heat of the desert and want to move to the mountains, and then almost every year the fires start again and I resign myself to cooking away for the foreseeable future down here where our vegetation very politely desiccates itself under the searing hot sun and gives way to rocks and sand.

So I urge you to help where you can, keep yourself safe by signing up for evacuation alerts, the Watch Duty app in particular is great for this, but don’t get consumed by the 24/7 news, the nightmare-inducing footage, the conspiracy theories & the lies. This is a time where social media has a chance to be useful for sharing information, keeping people safe via evacuation notices, and helping people who are offering assistance with those who need it and vice versa. Beyond these parameters, social media, and just media in general about this topic is only raising your anxiety and sapping your focus, because you have important things that need to get done, and if your metaphorical house isn’t in order, you can’t help others.

I think it’s a universal inclination to become completely engrossed in following the events of a devastating disaster, but what helps me avoid that is to set a timer for a set amount of time to catch up on the recent events, and then pace those out throughout the day as a reward for accomplishing a specific task. That way when you are learning about the newest developments, there actually is something new, as opposed to just endless scrolling of similar content and other people’s superfluous opinions. It’s really hard to center yourself in a time like this, but remember you need to do that to be able to serve others. Please enjoy this video of mine from several years ago about self care in a crisis, why it’s not selfish to replenish your mind, body, and spirit in an intense crisis, it’s necessary.

I’m wishing everyone out there affected by these fires the utmost sympathy, and for the firefighters and first responders, the utmost gratitude.

Today I write in sorrow,

William Z. Brennan

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My message for this year to you is; be yourself, back yourself, believe in yourself, and funnily enough using a daily routine/s and taking a break from social media make that so much easier and attainable. I believe in you and I love you for reading!

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I’m starting off this year with my new article: 2025 New Year Inspirational Message: Embrace the Power Of Routines & Social Media Breaks This Year! Daily routines & taking time away from social media help you focus on what is most important and cut out the white noise.

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2025 New Year Inspirational Message: Embrace the Power Of Routines & Social Media Breaks This Year! https://medium.com/@naturallifestyleoptimization/2025-new-year-inspirational-message-embrace-the-power-of-routines-social-media-breaks-this-year-35d6d71f9aad

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2025 New Year Inspirational Message: Embrace the Power Of Routines & Social Media Breaks This Year! https://medium.com/@naturallifestyleoptimization/2025-new-year-inspirational-message-embrace-the-power-of-routines-social-media-breaks-this-year-35d6d71f9aad

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2025 New Year Inspirational Message: Embrace the Power Of Routines & Social Media Breaks This Year!

Happy New Year To All Kind, Compassionate, Loving, Ethical & Moral People of Tumblr! I’ve had a wonderful holiday season and taking a break from social media has been a big part of that.

The weather in the Southern California desert has been beautifully warm and sunny, but bone dry. It makes offroading easier because the trails aren’t a muddy mess and the vegetation is almost all dead keeping the trails nice and wide.

However we definitely won’t be having a wildflower superbloom this Spring unless we get a prolonged period of soaking rain. It’s still beautiful to desert lovers, the softness of the tans, beiges, and khakis of the dessicated scrub, powdery sand, and reddish-purple mountains is very restful on the eyes.

Don’t come out to the desert for the wildflower superbloom this winter and spring, but do come out for the cerulean blue skies, sunny warm afternoons, and the profound silence of the remote canyons.

Now that the holiday season is over, I’m keen to get back to sharing my writing, photography, and videos. I’m starting off this year with my new article: 2025 New Year Inspirational Message: Embrace the Power Of Routines & Social Media Breaks This Year! Both daily routines and taking time away from social media have helped me tremendously to focus on what is most important and cut out the white noise that saps our energy and attention.

Living in the remote wilderness it’s much easier to switch off and recenter my mind, body, and spirit, but it wasn’t always that way. So in this new article I share my experience and tips on how to use a very small and simple tool that punches well above it’s weight and that is the daily routine. You can get so much more done, and be so much healthier and happier when you have a routine.

Combine a routine with a digital detox or social media break and you are going to find that you will regain so much time and more importantly focus! Please enjoy my new full length article on Medium: https://medium.com/@naturallifestyleoptimization/2025-new-year-inspirational-message-embrace-the-power-of-routines-social-media-breaks-this-year-35d6d71f9aad

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Happy Thanksgiving! The holiday season can be full of anxiety, depression, and worst of all unwanted guests and invitations. Find out how to get rid of ALL of these unwelcome holiday visitors and enjoy this holiday season the way YOU want to! Please enjoy on Medium: https://medium.com/@naturallifestyleoptimization/how-to-get-through-the-holiday-season-with-your-mind-body-spirit-intact-this-might-be-your-ef95f42238bc

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We Have A Busy Week Ahead With Thanksgiving! Here’s how to stay mindful, well, and reduce your depression and anxiety during the holiday season, and heaven forbid, actually enjoy yourself! Please enjoy this article on Medium:

Bee Feeding on Gazania Blossom Yellow Bee, Yellow flower and orange flower next to it. Fall in San Diego County, San Diego Backcountry Mountains & Desert, San Diego Lifestyle, Gardening Inspiration from the Nursery– Photo taken by natural lifestyle expert, William Z. Brennan, creator of Natural Lifestyle Optimization, and founder of Desert Mountain Apothecary: The Original Desert Apothecary For The Mind Body & Spirit. Natural Lifestyle Optimization Harnesses The Power of the Mind Body Spirit Connection And By Using Micro Habits, Creates Lasting Positive Transformational Change In A Realistic Way.

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Stress, Anxiety, Depression & Seasonal Affective Disorder Can All Be Unwelcome Guests To Your Holiday Season, Here’s Yow To Lose Your Holiday Blues! Celebrate your hoilday, your way this year, please enjoy this article on Medium:

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How to plan a holiday season that celebrates what you love, cherish, and value, all while preserving your health, wellbeing, and state of mind– here’s how! Please Enjoy This Article On Medium:

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Blaze Your Own Trail And Celebrate Your Holiday Your Way This Year! Plan a holiday season that celebrates what you love, cherish, and value, all while preserving your health, wellbeing, and state of mind– here’s how! Please Enjoy This Article On Medium:

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Navigating The Minefields Of The Holiday Season With Your Mind, Body, And Spirit More Or Less Intact. Find out the most important gift that you NEED to give yourself this year!

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La Jolla, California is the gem of the San Diego coastline, join me under the towering cliffs of Torrey Pines for a Pacific Ocean beach adventure! Make sure to watch this video in HD as we tour my very favorite west coast beach town and my cherished escape from the sizzling summer heat of the desert in my newest video that I’ve been working on for months so that we could share this special place together.

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Tips for Mindfully Enjoying the Holidays This Year. How to stay sane, healthy, mindful, and dare I say it, actually enjoy this holiday season. Please Enjoy This Article On Medium:

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Have a Mindful & Joyful Holiday Season This Year! - Tips for Mindfully Enjoying the Holidays This Year. Please Enjoy This Article On Medium: