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Carol Renick, District 10 director and Doris Janet Kozikowski, past president, and Karen
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FOUR MONTHS TO 2020 You need to join us and live a real-life off-line as well. Data Police Department
My team and I are wired to help but we can’t do it alone.
Adopt These Habits To
~~ Time to Change Your shows that the positive effects of the “next chance” in 2020 Prevent Vehicle Burglaries
Status! will be felt most strongly in the next four months; however it
will continue to work its magic into our future if we cut back
on our “social” screen life now. Why wait? • Please lock your vehicle doors every time – even
By Kelly Leary, M.S., This all points back to the saying “timing is everything!” for a quick stop or at home.
Founder of Revolution Strike while the iron is hot. Our phones have been ringing • Never leave items of any kind inside your
Dating off the hook this year and your connection awaits. Don’t be vehicle. Hiding items doesn’t work!
In four months, we the last in line to make a positive change. Connecting with • At a minimum, if you must leave items, place
will all experience a once others spiritually, emotionally, and in-person is, in fact, the them in your trunk.
in a lifetime evening and beauty of life at any age. I’m happy to be in the center of so • Cell phone/iPod power cords, GPS holders and
I am glad we will enjoy it much love. This is what the world needs--more love--true other key sets act as neon signs.
together. The world has love--authentic love. • Park in well-lit areas, stay alert and call in
been getting increasingly If you are on the fence about making a change, and I any suspicious activities to the police department
disconnected for many think you are, then isn’t the last quarter of 2019 a perfect time nonemergency number: 799-4445.
people (especially single to start? How do you want to spend the holidays? Who do
people stuck in a rut) while you want by your side? If you have been unsuccessful online
hope and love are long dating and spending more than 10 hours per week online
overdue. The signs have been everywhere--nationally and dating meeting flat tires (which is the national average), then
internationally. Even on a local level, I was noticing how take a step away and ask yourself: “How’s it working?”
caught up and confused people have been behaving and Our parents and their parents did NOT have this many
it really bothered me. Many have been literally trapped in options. This is why people stayed together longer. They
their own world, often behind screens, isolated, and it has endured. They tried. They found the best in their partner
been sad to observe as a woman, mother, and matchmaker and did not disengage just because someone “better”
who is connected to love and positivity. How could a New was messaging them or because their mate checklist
Year marked 2020 not bring glorious energy and excitement wasn’t complete. This wasn’t possible back in their day.
to all of us? Let’s think about this now--in advance. You Sociologists claim that in the past, people encountered only Editorial copy appearing herewith is not necessarily the viewpoint of
have time now. A lot can happen in FOUR months. two to three potential mates in a lifetime. Can you imagine Seabreeze Publications of Central Florida. Most editorial copy is created by
There are multiple reasons for this disconnection how the thousands of options at once is eroding the very the homeowners and is edited by their appointed editor.
within ourselves and as a group in general. I believe, along foundation of love and connection? Too much. Too soon.
with many Evolutionary Psychologists, that too much time Too easy. Too fast. Too sad. Realize it once and for all and
on screens is leading to an increased feeling of desperation know there is a way to fix this dilemma.
and often hopelessness. People are hiding behind their Shut down your screen after work hours and return to
computers and smartphones. Look around you. This love off-line. I’ve been writing this column for 10 years
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anymore? These days, if you make a phone call, instead of my column for YEARS and thank you! Either way, waste
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People hiding behind social media and dating apps together. Happy last quarter of 2019! Happy September! I M. Sean Reid
“think” they have very little risk of getting hurt and more can’t wait to meet you in my office (finally). Jackie Reid
options, but over the course of time they are actually hurting XOXO
their self-worth. This is convoluted logic. Single people Love, Kelly Sales
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themselves to ostensibly “perfect” people online. The Elaine Donholt • Ruth Nekoranec • Katie Heystek
focus is on looks, selfies, and swiping left. There is intense Kelly Leary© has 28 years in the dating industry Sherry Whalon • Dianne Strout
competition to be intimate too soon (for women) and there and a Master’s Degree in Psychology. She’s been profiled Karen Kalisz • Peter Hurth • Rachel Blanchard
are too many options (for men) which trigger short term by ABC News, The Palm Beach Post, PalmBeacher
commitment and even divorce. It’s like the online wild west-- Magazine, Stuart News, etc. Revolution Dating All rights reserved. Reproduction or utilization of these contents in any
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