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Avoiding the news mostly and resisting the urge to participate in most online comments. Not getting upset about things I have no control over.
My mantra: “Behold, the field in which I grow my fucks, and see that it is barren.”
Moved my youtube habits away from doom and gloom news channels and instead to history documentaries and old episodes of Best of the Worst.
Similar to that, spend more time on Pluto TV/Roku/Tubi watching terrible low budget sci-fi and old comfort episodes of Quantum Leap and TNG.
Reminding myself that even though times are crazy, as I get older more and more of my life is in my control. So even though things might seem like they are getting worse, with a focus on self improvement and a humble, healthy schedule, things could get progressively better; hopefully that can spillover to people around me.
On that note, I hope OP is having a great day :D
Resubscribed to XIV online. it’s a good escape from this shitty reality.
Also reaching out to old connections that sizzled away
Don’t do this yourself but alcohol and weed. Lots of it. Unhealthy amounts.
What is the criteria one has to meet for consumption to be considered unhealthy? For me it depends on the day. Sometimes I can get by with a few hits and other days I feel like I can’t function without a constant blaze across my face.
I smoke all day everyday and drink myself to sleep each night. I’d consider both of those to be unhealthy.
Well I wish you the best my friend. I’ve certainly been known to do that as well, so at least we’re not drinking alone.
I’d cut the booze, but yeah, I toke up. A lot.
There are sane people out there?
Definitely not in America.
Filtered most of the political content out of my Lemmy and other feeds, went back to using RSS to deliver content (a surprising amount of sites of all kinds absolutely do support RSS, it’s not dead in the slightest), focused more on family and things on hand.
Generally, regaining sense of agency over whatever’s around you is a single best antidote.
Sorry, but this country fully deserves where it ends up.
I shut off all news and social media, stopped checking newspapers, TV, and podcasts, and unsubbed from all politics and news mailing lists and communities. Told family and friends and they’re being cool about it.
Dove into 60’s detective novels. Anything by Ross Thomas, Donald Westlake, and Lawrence Block. Have stocked up on at least a year’s worth of out-of-print epubs. Will reevaluate once they run out. Mixed with a lot of outdoor walks.
It’s been glorious.
Yup, blocking the news groups was something I did. Half baked articles and idiotic, ranting, comments aren’t worth my time. I don’t watch the news since it revolves around either fluff or fear mongering. I pretty much glance at a news compilation app and scan headlines, blocking subjects that are there as rage bait. I’m very selective about what I read now.
My basic rule is there is no point in getting upset about things you have zero control over and/or don’t have the slightest effect on you.
I haven’t tried the 60s yet, but I’ve heard good things about Westlake. My entire reading world changed when I discovered the original hard-boiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
Marxist theorists have known for many decades that the rise of fascism was coming. They called every step of this so accurately, you’d think they had a copy of Biff’s sports almanac.
But the same theorists also predicted the eventual fall of capitalists/fascists, and that socialism/communism would follow. I just hope we get to that point before climate collapse. But I’m doing what I can as an individual, and trusting the process.
Stopped reading and watching the news. No point.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/amp/
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/e-jean-carroll-les-moonves-assault-1203250251/amp/
Bold of you to assume I’m sane
- Started listening to more episodes of ‘The Rest is History’ podcast to remind me that we’ve been under worse times before, and that everything ends eventually
- Sci-Fi books as a form of escape
- Starting gaming as another form of escapism
- I also plan on exercising more as I’ve neglected my body over the last year
Absurdist but intelligent humor. Here in Argentina, watching or listening to old shows by Les Luthiers gives me life.
Family and friends!
