I have a self-imposed news embargo in place for this week. This is to see if my life is changed in some fundamental way by not hearing of every major or minor incident that takes place in the world. It’s also to break an obsessive habit I have. I predict that I will think better of humans, not constantly hearing about what they get up to.
There is only two main sources of news to me, BBC Radio 4 and the Internet. So I’m now listening to music in the car instead of the radio, and am just avoiding my usual news sites.
So far so good, except slipping up 5 seconds yesterday when I mindlessly opened a browser window and, presented with the Google home page, compulsively clicked the news link. I quickly realised my error, screamed and smashed the computer up with some large stones and a heavy stick I had to hand. It’s all downhill from here.
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