I ask because a large part of me wants to unplug from the news and the current events transpiring. I got wrapped up in the election, chose my side, and felt satisfaction. Now the aftermath is such a drag I can't take the same people talking about the same things with the same biases everyday. I want to be free. I want to have no idea what is going on in this charade of politics in the US right now. I believe in conspiracy theories but they just sadden me and do not add value to my life. Does anyone here not pay attention to the media? Not just like you see it on Facebook and ignore it, but I want to just not see it at all. I can't climb in a shell and hide.
I use social media for my hobbies (mainly board games), but my new found desire for minimalism has curbed the consumerism associated with that. I still find enjoyable conversations about my hobby on social media, but they have become more few and far between. I unfollowed all my friends months ago and just have my hobby pages now. I would delete the account but I have several things tied to it for login, I'm sure. I wrote up more just not but it all feels like excuses trying me down. I use Reddit, which I enjoy, but even that just feels unnecessary. I find value in venting and expressing concerns to likeminded people like y'all.
I would like to think of how a monk must be. I'm assuming they stay disconnected from the anxiety-producing troubles of the world. I want to possess that blissful ignorance. Do you desire this also? How are you on that journey? I do not think it is something to be achieved by most, nor do I want to worry about it, but I just want to stop caring about protests and riots and all that garbage which is out of my control. I always prided myself on my ability to let go of the things that are out of my control. I do this well, but my new desire is to let go of them further, or to not grasp them at all. I desire to not know about them to as much an extent as I can.
Submitted February 03, 2017 at 10:32AM by dave633 http://ift.tt/2k42Umd
