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My father in law, after a decade of always having Fox News on in the background of his home office decided to watch classic western movies. He is transformed! He went from grouchy and argumentative to pleasant and attentive. I stopped watching cable news during the pandemic. It made me feel awful and helpless. I still feel helpless. I, too, read the newspaper and feel so much calmer. Thanks Bridget!! You always nail it.
That’s the same reason I deleted my Twitter account, all it did was make me angry. In general I’m not opposed to things that angers me, but there needs to be some balance.
I'm with Chuck--I took Twitter off my phone (I didn't go so far as to delete it...yet), and I turned off all news alerts. And I stopped subscribing to WSJ, because I was aggravated with their coverage. I honestly don't know what's going on in the world, and I'm ok with that. I figure someone will tell me. I go to my MIL's house and she has Fox News on, and I honestly get annoyed after 2 minutes if I see the president on or them talking about current events. I don't want to hear it. We've had a lot of rough stuff happen in our family lately, and I feel like my focus should be on THAT and not my Twitter account. So now I'm reading more. And searching for a new job! Basically being more productive (and happier) now that I'm off the news. It's liberating!
My father in law, after a decade of always having Fox News on in the background of his home office decided to watch classic western movies. He is transformed! He went from grouchy and argumentative to pleasant and attentive. I stopped watching cable news during the pandemic. It made me feel awful and helpless. I still feel helpless. I, too, read the newspaper and feel so much calmer. Thanks Bridget!! You always nail it.
That’s the same reason I deleted my Twitter account, all it did was make me angry. In general I’m not opposed to things that angers me, but there needs to be some balance.
I'm with Chuck--I took Twitter off my phone (I didn't go so far as to delete it...yet), and I turned off all news alerts. And I stopped subscribing to WSJ, because I was aggravated with their coverage. I honestly don't know what's going on in the world, and I'm ok with that. I figure someone will tell me. I go to my MIL's house and she has Fox News on, and I honestly get annoyed after 2 minutes if I see the president on or them talking about current events. I don't want to hear it. We've had a lot of rough stuff happen in our family lately, and I feel like my focus should be on THAT and not my Twitter account. So now I'm reading more. And searching for a new job! Basically being more productive (and happier) now that I'm off the news. It's liberating!