Yesterday I decided to unsubscribe from one of my blogs. This particular blog is very informative on issues not discussed by the main stream media.
I choose to unsubscribe because I would probably get maybe a dozen stories a day. Most of them I only read the headline but none the less I was getting exposed to a lot of negative news.
Too much negative news will wear away at you and likely cause your attitude to decline over time. I also believe that knowing more about what is going on in the world, more often then not, has little practice implication for our lives.
For example up until a couple months ago someone I know didn’t know where California was. In a practical sense she is just as well knowing as not knowing.
I suggest you make a conscious decision to reduce the amount of information you digest, especially negative information.
Hopefully I can help in that regard and start posting more about health and faith issues.
March 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I agree with you. I “turned off” many years back from the media. Yes, I still look at the news here and there. But for the most part, all you get is negative info that I found weighted me down. With all this infomation, one must learn to read between the lines.
The good of this world far exceeds the bad, but it somehow doesn’t sell newspapers, advertising, and the like. When someone or some group is truly making a logical change for the better of this country and world, I am all ears.
March 11th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Nobody pays for good news.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Actively promoting ignorance. This may be the stupidest thing I’ve ever read in my life.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I am not saying that you should keep your head in the sand. What I am saying is that it can be easily over done. Information is everywhere and we are contently consuming it. I just think we should be wise in regards to how much we consume and from where we are consuming it.