The News Does Not Control You — So Why Do You Live Like It Does?

Jonathan Isbill MS, RD, LD
ILLUMINATION-Curated
7 min readApr 23, 2021

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You’re wasting more time and attention than you realize, now stop it ;)

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Take back your time, take back your life.

The news does not control your attention, it does not control your focus. The news does not control your life, but we often act like it does. We often let the news take leadership over our lives by controlling our emotions, our perception and stress of the life we live.

News consumption consumes our lives. How much do we really need to know?

Ask yourself, have you ever experienced some news reports that negatively impacted your mental health, emotional stability, or kept you up at night?

Has the news impacted your own stress and anxiety, symptoms of depression or possibly your anger and frustration? The news is the news and it will constantly continue to go and flow like an endless flowing river.

The news will constantly continue to promote opinions and and perspectives of others while claiming a small amount of facts. The news is designed to provoke and ALERT. Most of the news we see elicits just another reason to worry, as if you needed another reason at all, right?

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Jonathan Isbill MS, RD, LD
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Holistic Health Writer, Author, Dietitian, Coach | Dedicated to serving others | Subscribe for My Free Weekly Health 📝https://jonathanisbillrd.substack.com