2018 News Blackout

I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites where news stories are discussed, avoid places that have gadgets, appliances and screens displaying news information, and I'd ask friends I socialize with to leave me out ofn their ruminations on current affairs.

I'd mean to put myself into a strict quarantine for 12 months.

Could it be done in the context of the life you lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

Don't underestimate the power of curiosity. You won't last a week.

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

Not a day will pass without someone saying
"Have you seen what that idiot Trump has done now?"

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Not a day will pass without someone saying
"Have you seen what that idiot Trump has done now?"

I have enjoyed 2017 very much - in a kind of permanently aghast and increasingly unshockable way - for this very reason.

Originally posted by @handyandy
Don't underestimate the power of curiosity. You won't last a week.

I was thinking of diverting the need to consume info and narratives into reading more books instead.

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

What a loon!

It's the same as you can't avoid reading quote from someone you had blocked.
People you meet on daily basis will keep you informed even unintentionally.
You will hear neighbor's radio or TV, or others' conversation, and willingly or not, you'll learn about WW 3 that started... Or about newest arrs of sister Cardashian

Originally posted by @fmf
[b]I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites where news stories are discussed, avoid places that have gadgets, appliances and

I've been doing that for years..all media news is Bulls**t

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

All you need is a bit of the old menopause magic.
You retain nothing for longer than 15 minutes.

Originally posted by @drewnogal
All you need is a bit of the old menopause magic.
You retain nothing for longer than 15 minutes.

15 minutes? My experience has been more like 2 minutes. 😉

Originally posted by @great-big-stees
15 minutes? My experience has been more like 2 minutes. 😉

Try the patches 😛

Originally posted by @divegeester
Try the patches 😛

I did but the pirates got really upset when I took them.

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

One thing I see, you lose all your RHP games.....

Originally posted by @fmf
I am weighing the possibility of carefully avoiding absolutely all news for a whole year - for the first time in my adult life - as a kind of new year's resolution/experiment for 2018.

So, no television, no radio, no surfing internet news sites, news apps and news related podcasts deleted from my phone, no visits to any forums or message boards or web sites ...[text shortened]... ou lead?

What might be the repercussions for me - both positive and negative - of doing this?

If you like to farm I know this perfect Amish couple who might take you in.

YouTube : amish

I think escaping the world is a perfect way to keep your world views and hopes fully intact.

Honestly, it is the only way.

Originally posted by @whodey
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I think escaping the world is a perfect way to keep your world views and hopes fully intact.

Honestly, it is the only way.

How can you get centered when the world is pushing you around?