I Stopped Watching News 6 Years Ago — Here’s Why You Should Quit, Too

No, you won’t miss anything “important.”

Moreno Zugaro
Age of Awareness

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Photo by Nijwam Swargiary on Unsplash

I never understood why people watched the news.

When I was a kid, they were on every evening after dinner. It was always the same-old, same-old. Some politicians fought about some law, some terrorists wanted to blow up some city, and some natural disaster plagued some country. Yawn.

At one point, I didn’t buy into the hype of the world is ending anymore. It’s completely wrong anyway. If you look at the facts on a global scale, life for humans is better than it has ever been before.

When I moved out, I started an experiment — and stopped watching the news altogether. I sold my TV, blocked websites, ignored newspapers, and unfollowed Instagram accounts. That was six years ago.

You might’ve toyed with the same thought as well.

Maybe you’re pissed off by all the fake news, biased media coverage (doesn’t matter if left or right), or the never-ending narrative of we’re all doomed and will die tomorrow.

There are a bunch of reasons to close the curtain on the whole circus.

Your mood will improve tremendously. You’ll have a lot more time since you won’t be caught up in the negativity spiral…

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