Why I Want To Stop Watching The News
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- I check the news a lot. It’s a habit I feel has spiraled out of control.
If I really got something out of it, I wouldn’t be making this video. But I don’t. It’s the opposite. In a brief moment of mental clarity, I ask myself: Why am I reading this? Why do I need to know this?
The obvious answer is: to stay informed about what’s going on in the world! What if I miss something important?
But that answer is flawed. What you see on the news is not an accurate representation of the current state of the world. How could it be? That would be boring...
I get it. Bad news sells. According to recent statistics, right here right now is literally the best time we could possibly be alive. Yet, from watching the news, I consistently get the impression that the world is doomed or on the verge of ending.
And I’ve noticed it distracts me from doing what I really care about. Working on my business, trying to make sense of life, deep work.
In his book ‘Indistractable’, Nir Eyal writes that the opposite of distraction is ‘traction’, which he defines as “any action that moves you toward what you really want.”
When I think of it that way, what I should be doing is so clear…
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• Global child mortality decreased from 36% in 1900 to 4% in 2017: ourworldindata.org/child-mort...
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• Nir Eyal - Indistractable: www.amazon.com/Indistractable...
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I check the news on my phone about once a week (sometimes less). I don’t want to get bombarded with the negativity and misinformation. Like you said, if something is really important, it will get to me somehow.
Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth! And a great strategy, to still stay informed of the bigger things that are going on in the world while also setting boundaries. 🙌🏻
“The sooner you understand that the news is as dangerous as alcohol or drugs, the faster you’ll get rid of this, at first glance, harmless habit.”
“The only good argument I've heard for paying attention to the news is that I might miss something really important. If it's really important someone will tell you. I didn't find out about the 9/11 attacks from the news; I found out from a neighbor. If shit really hits the fan, someone will tell you. Otherwise you're better off remaining in the dark. Not because the world doesn't matter, but because just listening to the news is a crappy way to change it.”
Stopped reading the news during Covid and it was the best decision. Seeing the news all the time made me anxious. I’m much happier and more productive now - spending my time on things that really matter to me. My family and friends keep track of the news, so I hear enough about it from them.
That's great you're feeling much happier and more productive! 🙌🏻 That's also been my experience, so far.
For me the same! Stopped since the corona epidemic en it feels great!
I'm from Ukraine, my family is still there, though. From February until April, average daily screen time on my phone was 13 hours.
My eyesight degraded noticeably because of that and my eyes were hurting. Also sleep time has shrank to 4-6 hours.
I've understood since then, that sometimes it's really necessary to stay in touch with the world, but till the point it starts physically and mentally destroying you.
Knowing information gives you an illusion of control, while in reality, you have a very less impact.
Currently, I'm checking the most important events just twice a day in limited amount of time. Also getting info mostly from official sources helping it much.
That makes it easier to make decisions regarding my family or decide if I can actually impact something.
Feeling much better by consuming information with such strategy!
Thanks for your videos! I love them all 🙏
That must be so hard! I'm not from Ukraine, but even I was checking the news compulsively during those months. Actually I had already made this video back then but felt it wasn't appropriate to publish. But I decided to publish it now because I'm not sure if it's ever appropriate for every person possibly watching. And I think what you said is really profound: "Knowing information gives you an illusion of control, while in reality, you have a very less impact." I think your strategy is a great one. To stay informed but at the same time set boundaries to keep balance and not get completely sucked in 24/7.
I wish you and your family all the best! 🇺🇦
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Same but not Ukrainian . #SlavaUkraine
I used to watch the news two or three times a day. But the constant doom and gloom reporting became absolutely draining. I stopped watching the news and I feel so much better for it. I have far less anxiety now. I still keep informed of the important things in the world, but I control how And where I gather this information.
I'm tired of the news too, but it's not just that. I'm getting tired of the tv, specifically movies. Nothing really calls my attention anymore. it's like I'm preferring silence instead. I'm just tired of watching violence, there's violence everywhere. Maybe I'm just getting old.
Omgg that’s so inn time!! I am from russia, so i used to watch news all time, recently i started to get overwhelmed and feeling anxious about everything i read in social media, so happy to not feel alone with it
I think many people feel this way, Taya! It's just a thing that's so easy to do on auto pilot. At least when I grew up we would watch the news at night and that was it. Just that one moment in the day. But now it's like 'refresh every hour' to see what the latest is and it can frankly get exhausting.
@@IAmPeterCook yeah! Like Sometimes I didn't even realize that I was already scrolling news…
Hi Peter! I stopped watching all news in 2016! I figure if there is something I need to know, a friend or relative will tell me! I live in my happy space and feel so much the better for it! Thx for this video🌼
Wow, that's impressive that you kept it up! I'm gonna try it for a month to test it. Curious about that happy space you mentioned. 😀
Wow...
I used to watch the news during every meal. My life has changed since I stopped doing that. Everything now is a lot more positive and nice!
Happy to hear it, Mikolaj, thanks for sharing! 😀
I stopped watching news years ago, because I realized the news is not always the real portrait of the actual conditions. It's more of a tool to herd opinions. If it's really important, I will somehow get it from somebody, and If it really matters to me, then I will start looking for deeper information, not just some random news. I learnt that in life, it is sometimes better to be a bit ignorant. It's more peaceful and enjoyable.
Hi Pete , your video wasn't a rant at all. It should be a wake up call for us all. I too was checking the news far too much and I identify with the question of 'Why am I reading this?'. I love your observation of the news reader saying good evening then giving out nothing other than bad news. I am on a mission to stop reading the news but I still tune in if there is something I really am wanting to know about such as the rescue of children. I am going to try and stop reading the news on my phone for a month too, thank you for your tips. During Covid it seemed as if all British people were obsessed with the number of deaths and what Boris and the team had to say every evening. Covid was all the discussions I read on FB. I made a conscious effort to find a positive post every day to offset the doom and gloom. I tried not to be glib because I was aware of the local people around me with Covid but I couldn't let it drive my mental health down either. Anyway a month ago I decided I was getting too addicted to FB, I enjoyed following a local History page and it was my excuse to log in every evening. Of course this led to 'checking in with friends' and then the deadly Games section. I decided to move the FB Icon to the very last Icon on my phone to resist the easy click on and visual reminder. I went cold turkey for 3 weeks and I felt all the better for it. I then made a rule that I would look only at the local history page. This worked for a few days before I 'Checked in with friends' . I noticed that none of my friends had actually posted anything of value, just holiday , happy family and restaurant dining photo's. Do I really need to know what they are doing every day of the week? No. I guess if it's anything important they will let me know. So I am going back not logging in. Wish me luck in banning my news reading on the phone! Thank you Peter for your valuable support in following all aspects of Slow Living
You nailed it! News are really addicting and absolutely a flush in the toilet! Just a peek at the news and 2 h gone!
Thanks 😀
I knew. 2 hours gone and i don't even touch my tasks.
I’m not sure if this is a thing globally, but in the Philippines, tuning in to the 6-6:30 PM news is a habit for most families/households. It’s when everyone gathers around the tv, regardless of what you’re doing. When I was young, I hated it because it meant my parents would be home soon and that I’d have to stop watching cartoons.But I am naturally a curious person growing up so I also developed the habit of watching news. Now that I am older and having worked in corp comm, I learned that news angles can be twisted and reporting can be biased so I no longer take it too seriously, otherwise it’s another form of stress and distraction that I don’t need. Don’t worry, I am completely with you on your rant!
A truly underrated channel. Keep up the good work! People do appreciate what you are providing us.
Thanks for the kind words, RAF! 😀
Wow Peter - this video couldn’t have been more timely! Not sure why the CZcams algorithm put this on my home page because I have been binging on the absolute garbage that is the mainstream “news” in the USA since the beginning of August. I had been on a news fast since beginning to work remotely 2 -1/2 years ago and can confidently say it had been one of the most peaceful, introspective, and productive periods in my life…at least until the past month. Thank you, Doctor, for the diagnosis and the prescription to get me back on track. I can already feel the meds kicking in😌. I am now a subscriber of your channel and accept the 30 day challenge. What the heck - let’s just make it 30 years and call it a day.
Wow, David, that's great to hear! I'm glad the video helped you get back on track. That's inspiring, how you said that not watching the news for 2.5 years was a peaceful, introspective, and productive phase in your life. I can totally see how you want to get back on that track, I hope I can keep it up as long as you did! 🙌🏻
I'm not checking the news for about a year of 7. The best dissicion i'd ever made!
What's the difference? More time, more rest, less stress. Really made me so much happier. When people say 'but you have to stay informed!' i say 'oh yeah? Why? What does it change?''
I never get a clear answer 😊
Great video, great guy. Thanks!
Wow, 7 years...that's great to hear you've experienced all these benefits and feel happier. Thanks for sharing, Rob! 🙌🏻
I totally agree with your point about news Peter! 👌🏾 I'm really not a news watcher myself because they don't always tell you what we need to know. For example: climate change, nature, global warming, etc. Nowadays it's just always about politics, stock marketing, consumerism and so on. I just stay away from it the best I can to avoid anxiety.
Thanks for sharing, Christina!
Same! I read the news and watch news stuff on CZcams. A total waste of time and energy.
Interesting to hear, thanks for sharing! 🙌🏻
Greetings from Australia Peter. A new subscriber here. Retired and consciously on the move into minimalism and slow living, also an Introvert, and this video is my ‘wake up call’ for this week. The News…..yes I’ve been checking it several times a day, not even sure why as I’ve pretty well nailed most of the other changes. So I’m about to trial the ‘no news’ for a month challenge. Thank you for the topic, it’s just what I needed right now.
I trained as a journalist before the internet or even cable news was a thing. Took me years to get where I am now. I do watch a well done documentary now and then
Same here as ex-journalist/reporter addicted to news dopamine shots. But not using social media.
I'll also try no news for one month. I'll probably be more productive and focused, hopefully.
I'm rooting for you, I'm 4 days in now and finding it surprisingly easy to simply not check the news, so far. A friend told me about a few things that had been reported in the news and I was like, nope didn't miss anything of true importance. 🤷🏻♂️
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I live in Argentina, news here is just baaaad news all day around... I stop seeing news like 15 years ago, it's the best that you can do!
Wow, 15 years ago, that's impressive Antonio! 😮
I agree with you. After my terrible experience early this year, I stop watching the news. It happened in January when I suddenly felt so anxious, overwhelmed, my heart beating so fast (palpitations) after reading a very shocking news. It lead to anxiety for few months. It slow down after trying few methods of slow living. Hope I'll be back to my normal life.
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm glad to hear slow living practices have helped. And, in my experience, not watching the news has a significant impact on our well-being as well. Good luck and take care! ✨
It's so true! I always say the noteworthy news will always find me on some roundabout way. I completely agree, the news are designed to capture our attention so as to build ratings for the media houses.
Always enjoy your content!
Thanks! ✨
Ps- if you are checking too much, you are not in touch with yourself and with silence. Just use positive channels on CZcams, you always get the answers in the feed, and you learn much more than seeing caos. It's the only network I use now. PS I used to be like that and I stopped it, now I have much more free time, and rest. News can be addictive to those who actually value knowledge, I used to spend hours in Google feed, seeing science and technology and ecology sites. And sending suggestions to companies, some were implemented.yet now I blocked it all, and I am more connected to myself, taking better care of myself and using my intuition as guidance, so if I still have something meaningful or insight to send to companies or idea I just make a quick Google search, and then drop an email to the companies, no need to be checking the sites all the time. All the best.
I just found your channel. Terrific. I agree with you about the news.
Thanks! 🙌🏻
Great video. To answer your question...Not at all. yet, i some how still know the major things happening in the world. Most of it is opinion based news trying to influence you. I stopped watching/listening a few years ago and have never been happier. Hopefully after 30 days you'll feel the same way.
Great to hear you feel happier and you kept it up, not watching the news for years, wow. I'll start with 30 days, I hope I'll have a similar experience, Ralph! About 6 days in now and I definitely feel more calm, so far so good. 😀
The news is designed to suck you in like this, usually through techniques you'd never notice but that equate to soft mind control, and is so filled with fear-based stories that you don't even realize are driving your body into a state that you'll even deny exists. Let me tell you, as a former news monger, my demeanor has changed quite a bit only from deciding not to be any part of it any longer. And despite not watching it at all any longer, if it's an important event that's happened, I always hear of it somewhere but then I have a chance to investigate it on my own terms instead of on the terms that are set up by the news agencies to help induce that fear in you that you'd never notice for one and, if you do, will fully deny until your body literally starts physically showing you the outward signs of what's been introduced to it through watching the very news you believe you depend on. After giving it up completely about 6 years ago, I can tell you it's easy to notice the fear and anxiety that it does pump your mind full of when you're a regular consumer of it. Then you can always make YOUR own decisions in how you get there news that's important to you. Makes a huge difference in your ability to live your time on only your own direction, instead of the direction that's being introduced to you and your mind. Add far as im concerned, anyone who asks me how to change their life, I tell them to start with your relationship to TV, movies, AND the internet. First, your mind will change but following that, your body and its responses will become far more varied than it was from having these things fill too much of your time. Only you can decide for yourself however, how much, if any, of your time should be spent with these things. Just be very careful for awhile not to let it suck you back into its cycle that it will, if you're not watchful.
Thanks for sharing, Gene! 🙌🏻
I started to avoid me to watch the news as usual since I started to learn english in the beginning of this year,
I having been addited in news for most of my life since I was sophomore when I bought a computer.
I must have to confess to that is just waste of your limited and precise and younger times.
Making sure getting away from the news as soon as possible.
No mentions to that news can offer your chances or opportunities , which is totally bullshit.
moreover, distracting,emotional,procrastination and so on.
I already quite social media, shutdown the search entrance.
I just focus on the most importants things. protect my emotional, cherishing my energy.
Thanks for sharing, Mengchun. So you started learning English at the start of this year? Your English is really good already!
Thanks for sharing super true
You're welcome! 🙌🏻
I'm going to try it! I'm at my wit's end with the endless scrolling. Surely there's something more meaningful to do with my time. Love the Futurama reference!
Good luck, I hope doing an experiment of not checking the news for a fixed period of time helps! 🙌🏻
As a former employee of a major newpaper from the 1990's I too check news way too much! I am going to try your challenge, but for a week to start with.
Good luck with doing the challenge for a week! 🙌🏻
I check the news as soon as I get up. I use independent sources which I find to be less negative… but I definitely waste to much time engaged in it. I will follow your lead and take a break as well.
Good luck, Cef! 🙌🏻
I quit watching the news 2 years ago and I feel mentally a lot happier.
Good for you.
Thanks!
No, with one exception. I do watch history in the making type news. Anything that will end up in history books is what I mean. I want to be able to tell my family about living through the experience, not rely on how it will be judged by society later. I have the same reaction to social media as you do with the news. I am no longer on f/b, twitter, etc and only carry a basic phone, set up for calls/txt. My head is clearer, and I don't feel the stress, anger or defensiveness. Cheers, can't wait for your assessment of this experiment.
I agree, not all news is equal. A lot of what's on the daily news is not of much importance long-term, but some events indeed are. Good to hear you've found that your head is clearer by not checking social media!
Four days without news... refreshing 🙂
Nice, Milena! Happy to hear it 🙌🏻 I'm about 2 weeks in now myself and not missing it one bit. Still hearing the bigger things going on in the world through family and friends, but it's refreshing to not constantly be "refreshing" the news page 😉
How often do you check the news?
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I'm in that place now, fellow Peter! Always mindlessly grabbing the headlines. Trouble is, I still want to feel like a well-informed member of society. I think there's probably a balance... but first, yes I am going to try and not check ANY news for a month and see how it goes from there.
Good luck with your experiment, Peter! Speaking from my own experience, I think doing a 1-month break is a great way to start, perhaps let some people close to you know so they can inform you of any major things in the news that you would want to be informed about. And after that, you could reevaluate. After I did my 1-month experiment of not checking the news, I've found it quite easy to keep going. But, like you, I do want to stay informed, at a high level overview at least. So maybe I'll check a news site briefly once or a few times per month. My behavior is different now, though. I may see clickbaity headlines but feel less inclined to click them. It's almost as if being on the site confirms why I don't want to check it daily. If I read something, it's the long-read analysis that I'm more drawn to. I'm rooting for you, Peter (great name btw 😉)!
@@IAmPeterCook Thanks for the follow-up. I'm going for it! I also shall keep watching a YT channel I like that goes into more depth about UK politics (I'm British living in California and am keen to keep up with what's happening "back home"). The only other news here I'd like to know about is if a certain ex-president were perhaps facing some actual justice 😂
I stopped following news a month ago. I haven’t missed anything. The queen died and my husband told me just a few minutes after it happened 🤷🏻♀️
Same happened to me! Just proves the assumption I had that big news will finds its way to me anyway because others will tell me about it (especially when they know I'm not following the news).
I uninstalled financial apps in July for the same reason. Admittedly I should do this with CZcams. Its such a sticky app.
Yeah CZcams is a sticky app, Joseph. I think the difference with the news is that you can search for specific content on any topic. Still the risk of going down the rabbit hole, but I kinda like how there's big channels about any topic these days (the other day I a came across a jigsaw channel with like 300k+ subscribers 😮).
Great video ❤
Thank you! 🙌🏻
I couldn't agree more.
Thanks, Hansel! ✨
Any updates? did the challenge work? are you more productive? I'm curious. I don't have a TV since 1999 so i find whenever i follow accounts that makes me anxious, I unsubscribe immediately. That includes news, groups on fb, or any IG accounts as well.
Also I love Buena Vista Social Club! I gotta check out the documentary, thank you for the recommendation.
Yeah so I went cold turkey and didn't check the news for a month. It was surprisingly easy! I'd say the one big event was the Queen passing, and that news came to me from many different people. Some other things in the news people shared with me I felt like I would not have mind not even hearing about (like a celebrity doing something stupid). I then checked the news after the month was over, and noticed I had definitely lost my appetite for it. I scanned some headlines, noticed not much big had really happened in a month, which was quite insightful. Now, a couple of weeks later, I've still hardly checked any news. Going forward, I may check it once a week, to stay informed, but that's gonna be it. Maybe I'll do another video about it, say one year from, about my experience of not checking the news for a year. 😀
People survived a hundred years ago not knowing about another war that had just started, they often found out about a war after it was over, maybe people should go back to hearing about wars after they are over
I don't listen to the news for the same reasons you don't. I am in Greece however and our news are super argumetative, and loud. If they could discuss an issue listening to the news would be good on the nerves and give us some knowledge,
not going around in circles to no purpose or logic or solution to real problems.
That sounds exhausting, Bessie. I'm on the same page. I do want to stay informed about the big things that happen in the world, that have a great impact on the world. But a lot of what's on the daily news is forgotten tomorrow, including all the opinions about it. If I think back to some things that were discussed in the news 3 years ago, I often think: what was all that fuss about?
You may want to use app and site blockers, for that. You may want to check you fears, - checking the news all the time it's about fear, and control. Maybe you have fear that you cannot keep a conversation with people, not knowing what is happening, and that is fear. It's not good to check the news all the time, you will always know, from a neighbor or someone, or on CZcams. No need to check all the time, it's like the home, it should be simple, the inside.
I quit the news. It is sad all the junk they think people are interested in.
does anyone remember the Bill Hicks bit about this?
Rarely watch it.
I have the same problem which I've been trying to control since a few weeks ago. I ask myself why do I need to know so much? Is it worth all the time it takes away from important things? My conclusions always lead me to much less news time. I was using news to keep every moment exciting at the expense of my own priorities. That's like taking a drug. I'm working on checking the news no more than 20 minutes a day, and only read past a headline if it's really necessary, which it rarely is. The key difference now is I don't follow news for entertainment or stimulation, I'm only interested in the very important news, not somewhat important, not just interesting or intriguing.
Great questions to ask yourself, Ford! My thought process was very similar and led me to making this video. So I did a hard stop, cold turkey, on checking the news. Didn't check it at all for a month. And then, after 30 days, I checked again. I realized: I didn't miss much. And I also found the pull to check the news a lot had reduced greatly, if not disappeared completely. Will see if this will last, but so far (almost 1 month after the end of my experiment), I've still hardly checked the news. I do so maybe once a week to stay informed, and find that that is more than enough. Good luck, Ford! 🙌🏻
@@IAmPeterCook As you said, you didn't miss much. It's always the same bad news, it just happens to different people and different countries.
Day 3 of total news blackout. I'm feeling better already. The pandemic made a bad habit into a full on addiction.
That's great to hear, Michelle! Same thing happened to me during the pandemic. Hope you can keep it up! 🤞
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I am on a Peter Cook video marathon. :)
Hope you enjoy! 😉
the title says "watching" then right away you change it to "checking". i stopped watching 20 years ago but i still check it
I guess I mean both. 😉 That's impressive you stopped watching the news so long ago!
I watch the news yes, first thing in morning. Very hard for me to give up. Not sure why.
I did this for the longest time as well. But I've been over a month now without checking the news. I did check it once after that month, but found it surprising how I no longer felt the pull I used to feel, to check it a lot. Perhaps worth trying an experiment to not check the news first thing in the morning for a week? Good luck, Patricia!
@@IAmPeterCook Can you say........ 30 years? I am now 63 and no one is better at slow living than this mature aged Australian. ;-) I used to be a workaholic until I just got sick of it "literally". My 90 year old father also became weary of this lifestyle in 1993 and I lost interest in 2006. Thank you for your wonderful videos sir. Subscribed from Australia!
@@ohwhyevenbother Wow 30 years 😀
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That sandwich looks so good.
It was! 😂
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Thank you! ✨
I stopped watching the news since 2010. Same shit, different day. I only recently started watching the news because of the war between Ukraine and Russia because I have family in both countries but that's about it. I don't care about celebrity culture, news about the Queen, which country is in crisis. There's nothing I can do about it.
Too much negativity on tv.
That's also my point of view. I'm about 3.5 weeks into my experiment now of not checking the news, and it's been surprisingly easy to make the switch. Don't feel like I'm missing out on much (I still hear about the big things from friends) and I feel more calm and relaxed. 😉
@@IAmPeterCook Make sure to fill that time up with other things like reading about what good things have happened in the world today.
I watch news for weather other then that I don't care
I check that daily, too ☀️ ⛈ ☔️
I seldom watch the news basically because it's usually bad
That's also my experience, Ruth. I'm quite enjoying not watching the news now. And my hypothesis that if something major happens I will hear about it from others turned out to be true. The queen died yesterday, I didn't see it on the news, but 5 people told me.
Not following the news worked for me. Please follow up with a video
Great to hear it, George! I intend to do a follow up video around 6 months after this one. So far, I've completed the one month experiment mentioned in the video and then just kept going. I check the news maybe once a week or every other week for a minute, just to stay informed of the big things. But that's so different from how I used to do things, and I definitely notice a positive effect on my state of mind. Interestingly, it's also been surprisingly easy!
@@IAmPeterCook those were the main conclusions for me too: the more positive mind and how easily easy it is.
Side effect for me is: feeling snobbishly smug towards people who are following the news and talking about it.
It's petty and childish of me, but I like it too 😇
Curious about your side effects in your follow-up.
I don’t watch news anymore…too negative
It's indeed mostly negative, Linda. That's also why I wanted to stop consuming it daily.
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Thx for the suggestion, Yasin! 🙌🏻
Are you really slow living though? Having a full time job, cooking, cleaning and making all these videos requires a ton of work. Cameras, lights, micros phones, retakes and then the mighty editing, seems stressful.. and then constantly looking at the number of subscribers you have - lol - why don’t you just turn off more things and really take it easy… slow down further.
Good point, Yonathan. 😉 I started this channel to share what I was learning about slow living and minimalism, to inspire others and also myself. The irony is not lost on me that, as a result of making these videos, I'm not living as slowly as I otherwise could be. But I ultimately want to live a purposeful life, and making these videos feels meaningful. My ambition is not to do nothing all day. To me, slow living and minimalism are tools to live with intention. It's indeed complicated with a full-time job, I do want to change that in the future. Perhaps when the channel grows bigger. Hope that makes sense. 🙂
@@IAmPeterCook it does. Thank you for your contribution to society.
Too much opinionated, biased news. I just want some quick highlights.
I don't want the constant Trump hate rhetoric and race baiting.
I locked out CNN from my cable box, so I don't even land there by accident .
Just shut them out which is now easy to do.
I stopped watching the news in 2015 when I got rid of cable tv. I do follow one local news channel on IG for local things. I figure if something important happens someone will text me!
That's an interesting approach, Trace, good tip!