I stop reading when my brain starts hurting.
I have subscribed to about a dozen daily news e-mails. I skim through them for half an hour every morning with my first coffee. Once time is up, delete the rest & move on w my day. Only exception is I do make a point to make sure I’ve read at least 1 liberal & 1 conservative viewpoint.
I use grund news to keep up to date. I use Lemmy to get enraged.
you really have to be a pessimist
I wish there was a way to stay informed without the rage-bait delivery methods
Unfortunately we are in clown-world and the actual fucking news is rage-inducing, even with impeccable journalism.
I’d be happy with a few less legitimately rage-inducing events too.
This video helped me A LOT: https://youtu.be/yxAd8Owl-7A
Reduce the amount of news and media you consume. It isn’t healthy. Check in with your own mental health on a regular basis and use that as a barometer. When you start feeling overly stressed and frustrated, it’s time to take a break.
It’s ok to be angry or upset but if you can’t do anything about it, it’s not worth it. You should remain informed and also know that if you’re feeling frozen or at a loss, the plan is working. It’s meant to keep you down, drown you, and cause you to desensitize or lose hope. Don’t fall for it. Rise up in ways that you can.
I use an RSS reader to grab headlines from several sources. I read the headlines once in the morning and once in the evening. My goal is to know what is going on. As much as possible I try not to get too emotionally engaged during this process. I try to be informed without being outraged or depressed.
Only issue with that is headlines don’t always tell the truth or the whole story
I read weekly newspapers. I used to read Morgenbladet, now I read NZZ am Sonntag, and there.are many others to choose from, but getting away from trying ro find something engaging each day solves a lot of problems.
Read news
Get involved
Have a really good revolution
Stop ignoring your whole body telling you to resist
To do something about it
Slow news.
Seriously, you don’t need to know all of this shit every day. I do a weekly catch up on Saturday and indont think I’ve ever missed anything important. If anything some times gives news to clear up.
I listen to my body, which includes my mind. I start feeling bad physically or mentally, I disconnect and do something else.
Oh shit. Drawing a line is a really good idea.
Few things that are in the news are actually newsworthy, it just appears to me to be a lot of noise and only a small part of it will actually happen. Especially in politics given the lard in the oval Office, most of the things he does is just trying to grab attention, stil dangerous but a filter is needed.
Basically my desire to be informed is in opposition to the need to remain sane.
I have a stance where I prefer to be minimally informed than misinformed. I will intake what little information I want before I am overstimulated from the poor state of journalism. I’m sorry but I have to be one of those headline readers and if it’s very, very intriguing enough to want to read it, I will. But I really can’t be bothered to read a lot of what’s out there. I read the comments and reactions which arguably, has proven to be far more knowledgeable than the article in question.
I draw the line at whiskey/beer. I need both in order to watch the evening news. I won’t engage with socials until properly lubricated by both.
“This is fine.” (meme)
lol, what is your favorite whiskey for such an evening?
Generally start with crown royal and 7-up over ice until my 12-ounce 7-up is empty then switch to coors banquet (stupid stubby bottles) until it’s time to turn in - which is now.
Have a good night! Sounds like a good way to not take in any bad news, haha
Good night ✋
With all those fluids, do you get up to pee like 19 times throughout the night? I would.
