So I’m on week two of a total news fast. I’m not looking at anything, not even reading headlines. I have no idea what is going on in the world. And since I’m not on social media, I don’t even know about the cultural touchstones that bring people together. This past weekend my husband I watched Parasite (SOOOO GOOD! DEFINITELY SEE IT!) and I mentioned that it was a big deal that it had been nominated for Best Picture and that if it won it would be first non-English movie to win Best Picture and he informed me that the Oscars were actually last weekend and that it had won. I had no idea that I even missed it, or who had won anything! (So happy Parasite won – that is awesome.)
And I have to say, after I grappled with the fact that I’m so isolated at my job that I don’t even happen to participate in conversations about the Academy Awards in the week after they happen, I realized I don’t really care that I’m missing even the fun stuff, and I am even more intent on staying away from the news, at least for a while longer.
I don’t know what it is about me that I can’t handle social media, or I guess any media, while others thrive participating in it, but I guess it’s who I am, and I believe if I accept and honor who I am, I will be happier for it.
So I’m not planning on returning to the news anytime soon. Right now I’m content being ignorant. Maybe after a more time away I’ll be strong enough to read a little something here or there, but right now I need to take a break. And I’m honoring that.
Serenity prayer in action.
Hope your children are doing well.
While ominous in implications I hope you are being able to be outdoors in the mild weather.
Thank you for posting!!!!
A continuing resolution for me through 2021 is exactly as you describe: absolutely no news nor media whatsoever. I’ve never used social media of any kind, I don’t read headlines at all be it the newspaper box or online, I don’t look at any billboards or notices when in the city, I use flip-phone if I have to make an emergency call, my e-mail is basic HTML no banners or pop-ups whatsoever which I check twice a month. Fear of missing-out, frankly I could careless and have many other things to do; media hermit.
I prefer to have dominion over my sight, sound, and thoughts. Spending time and exercising in nature or the wilderness is essential for me.
And if something is terribly important a good friend will stop by and we’ll have a conversation over tea.