Affirmation of what I, too, have begun to do - but it’s a work in progress. Great advice, great quotes, and I’m attaching this to my mirror a la “You’re good enough, you’re smart enough 😊”
Very good essay with good tips. I especially like the quote by Blaise Paschal; how true. I've survived many new Presidents however none, in recent memory, wrote 26 Executive Orders on the first day.!! I was really starting to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of (negative) changes. I agree with your constructive recommendations to limit the amount and timing of news. I was initially trying to absorb and make sense of each news report. I am going to look into NPR "Up First"; seems like exactly the quick daily update I am looking for!! Thank you for your timely essay. I think we can all use the advice.
Thanks, Karen, for your thoughtful comment. My essay addresses a problem many of us anti-Trump patriots are encountering. Hopefully you and I can set up and abide by the guardrails. In fact, today when I entered my car the news was on the radio. I quickly changed to the spa station and felt relief.
Thank you for this. I too have started turning to other places, like PBS, for news and other programming. Saw an excellent documentary last night on “The Gilded Age” that said much about today without saying it outright. My only caveat about skipping or limiting news from MSNBC and mainstream media, though, is that many of them depend on our readership or viewing to stay afloat. Rumors about MSNBC’s losing 50 percent of its viewers after the election and that NBC is thinking to spin it off led me to come up with this hybrid “solution”: leaving it on especially during prime time, but not always watching it—doing the other coping mechanisms (reading, exercising, listening to music, etc.) that you describe. The “baby and bath water” adage comes to mind…let’s not lose something(s) valuable while we’re also rightly saving our souls.
Great advice. Less is more. Quality not quantity. Reason over panic. We need time to think, and as a nation, we need to think more carefully than bad habits allow. Thanks.
Indeed, we made a decision to eliminate tv (except sports we enjoy) and radio so that we never hear or encounter anything involving the drumpster fire. Each day, we’re enjoying our morning coffee by the fire place, pondering important and silly issues with our far-flung family members, cuddling with our new kitten, Ophelia, and reading great books. Retirement’s been great for us, lucky we had state jobs that gave us pensions as well.
Great points, Marc. I turned off MSNBC and CNN many years ago. CNN especially lost all credibility after Wolf Blitzer’s “so black” comments during New Orleans hurricane (Katrina, I think).
Affirmation of what I, too, have begun to do - but it’s a work in progress. Great advice, great quotes, and I’m attaching this to my mirror a la “You’re good enough, you’re smart enough 😊”
You are far more than good enough and smart enough! You are Da’ Best.
Sage advice. Very helpful. Thinking positive thoughts is uplifting for me.
Very good essay with good tips. I especially like the quote by Blaise Paschal; how true. I've survived many new Presidents however none, in recent memory, wrote 26 Executive Orders on the first day.!! I was really starting to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of (negative) changes. I agree with your constructive recommendations to limit the amount and timing of news. I was initially trying to absorb and make sense of each news report. I am going to look into NPR "Up First"; seems like exactly the quick daily update I am looking for!! Thank you for your timely essay. I think we can all use the advice.
Thanks, Karen, for your thoughtful comment. My essay addresses a problem many of us anti-Trump patriots are encountering. Hopefully you and I can set up and abide by the guardrails. In fact, today when I entered my car the news was on the radio. I quickly changed to the spa station and felt relief.
Thank you for this. I too have started turning to other places, like PBS, for news and other programming. Saw an excellent documentary last night on “The Gilded Age” that said much about today without saying it outright. My only caveat about skipping or limiting news from MSNBC and mainstream media, though, is that many of them depend on our readership or viewing to stay afloat. Rumors about MSNBC’s losing 50 percent of its viewers after the election and that NBC is thinking to spin it off led me to come up with this hybrid “solution”: leaving it on especially during prime time, but not always watching it—doing the other coping mechanisms (reading, exercising, listening to music, etc.) that you describe. The “baby and bath water” adage comes to mind…let’s not lose something(s) valuable while we’re also rightly saving our souls.
Good points, of course.
Great advice. Less is more. Quality not quantity. Reason over panic. We need time to think, and as a nation, we need to think more carefully than bad habits allow. Thanks.
You are quite welcome. Thanks for your comment.
Indeed, we made a decision to eliminate tv (except sports we enjoy) and radio so that we never hear or encounter anything involving the drumpster fire. Each day, we’re enjoying our morning coffee by the fire place, pondering important and silly issues with our far-flung family members, cuddling with our new kitten, Ophelia, and reading great books. Retirement’s been great for us, lucky we had state jobs that gave us pensions as well.
All good, Joan.
Yes. One could make oneself crazy. Good advice.
Thanks, Jean
Brilliant! Thank you
Thanks very much, Suz
Great points, Marc. I turned off MSNBC and CNN many years ago. CNN especially lost all credibility after Wolf Blitzer’s “so black” comments during New Orleans hurricane (Katrina, I think).
A lesson for all of us.