24/7 News Cycle: Stop Reacting, Start Living!

The so-called 24/7 news cycle which is The so-called 24/7 news cycle which is now less about informing you and more now less about informing you and more now less about informing you and more about activating you every single hour about activating you every single hour about activating you every single hour of every day. It is a joke, you know, of every day. It is a joke, you know, of every day. It is a joke, you know, try not following the news for a month. try not following the news for a month. try not following the news for a month. Ask someone what you missed. Surprise, Ask someone what you missed. Surprise, Ask someone what you missed. Surprise, nothing, you know, literally none of it nothing, you know, literally none of it nothing, you know, literally none of it changes. It's all just an attention grab changes. It's all just an attention grab changes. It's all just an attention grab to keep you distracted. I've been back, to keep you distracted. I've been back, to keep you distracted. I've been back, I visited. I have CNN on my TV, you I visited. I have CNN on my TV, you I visited. I have CNN on my TV, you know, I talk to people there every week. know, I talk to people there every week. know, I talk to people there every week. I hear consistently from people across I hear consistently from people across I hear consistently from people across the political spectrum is exhaustion. the political spectrum is exhaustion. the political spectrum is exhaustion. People are burnt out, right? There's a People are burnt out, right? There's a People are burnt out, right? There's a bone-deep exhaustion from living inside bone-deep exhaustion from living inside bone-deep exhaustion from living inside that amount of conflict, from having that amount of conflict, from having that amount of conflict, from having every conversation be potentially every conversation be potentially every conversation be potentially political, political, political, avoiding conversations because you're avoiding conversations because you're avoiding conversations because you're afraid to start a fight or an argument. afraid to start a fight or an argument. afraid to start a fight or an argument. The whole country, the whole West seems The whole country, the whole West seems The whole country, the whole West seems like it's walking on eggshells. Living like it's walking on eggshells. Living like it's walking on eggshells. Living abroad opts you out, not completely, it abroad opts you out, not completely, it abroad opts you out, not completely, it follows you a bit, but it's easier to follows you a bit, but it's easier to follows you a bit, but it's easier to hear the noise, right? And there's no hear the noise, right? And there's no hear the noise, right? And there's no point in worrying or arguing about point in worrying or arguing about point in worrying or arguing about things you don't control. things you don't control. things you don't control. I have no say what goes on in Washington I have no say what goes on in Washington I have no say what goes on in Washington and Beijing, in Seoul and Ottawa. It is and Beijing, in Seoul and Ottawa. It is and Beijing, in Seoul and Ottawa. It is not my problem.