How do you deal with information overload?
- Thread starter Jace
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Only allow so much time every day with these things...nature is the perfect antidote,
go outside... get involved with a good book or remember not to neglect a favorite
hobby because you wasted time on the internet. Take time to make something special
for yourself to have for dinner.
go outside... get involved with a good book or remember not to neglect a favorite
hobby because you wasted time on the internet. Take time to make something special
for yourself to have for dinner.
retiredtraveler
Senior Member
I thrive on it. I spend a solid 3 hours a day reading and watching news. I don't have that much in the way of emails, or texts. NEVER go on social media other than a forum like this, and I've been off this over a year. I view social media as worthless, but news is like being in school, to me. I read everything --- environment, science, politics, finance, economics, etc. No overload. Just continuous learning.
DaveA
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- Coastal Massachusetts, USA
Haha -- - As I haven't the knowledge to access over half of what's available, the task is somewhat easier for me. If it wasn't for our kids and grand-kids I'd still be communicating in cursive written letters. They are my life-preserver, keeping me barely afloat in this new level of available information !!
Kika
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- Northeast PA
Such a timely post! I have been thinking about the same thing for a few weeks. My first attempt was to limit watching the news. It is just too much these days.
Next was to unsubscribe from email lists. How I got on so many is beyond me. It does take a while before the emails stop.
Due to so many years of responding almost immediately to texts and phone calls, it soon became evident that I was a slave to them. Now, I look at the text preview on the screen and 99% of them can wait till I feel like responding. Most phone calls I let go to voicemail (no one leaves voicemails very much lately).
I never thought I would (or could) enjoy solitude, but I really love it. I also realized that I could get necessary things done with more efficiency without the constant interruptions. (cleaning, laundry, shoppng, etc.)
Next was to unsubscribe from email lists. How I got on so many is beyond me. It does take a while before the emails stop.
Due to so many years of responding almost immediately to texts and phone calls, it soon became evident that I was a slave to them. Now, I look at the text preview on the screen and 99% of them can wait till I feel like responding. Most phone calls I let go to voicemail (no one leaves voicemails very much lately).
I never thought I would (or could) enjoy solitude, but I really love it. I also realized that I could get necessary things done with more efficiency without the constant interruptions. (cleaning, laundry, shoppng, etc.)
bingo
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- southeast illinois
shut it down
hollydolly
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- London England
Not me..I thrive on it like a previous poster, but unlike retiredtraveller... I use every available option to me for information..( not FB or twitter ).. but I use forums like this, and Youtube, and everything else that's worthy of reading or hearing ..tv, radio., Amazon echo ( Alexa).. Google home hub .. .. all of it..
.....same here
Devi
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- East WA USA
If/when it becomes too much, I turn to something else. Easy enough, yes?
Tish
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- Rural N.S.W. Australia
It really doesn't bother me.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
I thrive on it, too. Like retiredtraveller, I enjoy being schooled online. But these days, between diapers and kitty-litter, bottles and little cans of purported potted meat, plus other related time-consumers, I've been forced to limit myself.
Devi
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- East WA USA
fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
I kind of phased off. To be truthful, I'm pretty much shut off the rest of the world. I'm not proud of that, but somehow, I just don't have the energy to cope with the information overload.
Mr. Ed
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I do not watch or listen to network news. I don't listen to talk radio or politics. i refrain from getting caught up in world nonsense. I am sceptical of people and their actions. I'm old enough to choose my friends and how I present myself. Therefore, I do not answer to anybody unless I choose to. Presently, only my wife has that privilege
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Judycat
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- Pennsylvania
I handle it by being glued to a screen half the day and sleeping the other half. Apparently, I only need information and sleep. Haha.
People who pay no attention to the nonsense are the leading cause of the nonsense persisting. To help stop the nonsense we must be aware and involved. In droves.
Lewkat
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- New Jersey, USA
I am a news junkie, so I spend a lot of time throughout the day checking various news sites. Not so much social media, but I do play internet games such as cribbage, bridge and now wordle. I do play scrabble if I find the time.
As for phone calls, texts and email. Well, email, forget it. Texts and phone calls depend on my mood.
As for phone calls, texts and email. Well, email, forget it. Texts and phone calls depend on my mood.
Jace, all of the media you mention have an off button, a "Do Not Disturb" button, or a choice as to whether to connect to it in the first place. No need to drown in it; just be selective as to what you turn on, or read, or participate in.
Even in a public place, such as a waiting room with a (silent) TV perpetually tuned to a news channel showing the horrors of the world, you can always seat yourself facing away from the screen, and bring your own material to read. You aren't really being forced to look at, or listen to, any of it.
Easy, I don't own a mobile phone, so I don't do or know how to do texts. I don't subscribe to Facebook etc, and, I only look at the happy bits of the news, which doesn't amount to much, so I have lots of time on my hands to walk in the park.
Geezerette
Senior Member
Sometimes I feel like it all just ātrips my circuit breakersā, get the feeling āok, thatās enough, canāt tolerate any more ā¦.ā and I have to shut it down, shut it off for a while, limiting exposure.
Packerjohn
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- Canada
Cut my cable 22 years ago before cutting the cable became trendy. Never bought a smartphone and never will. Haven't looked at Facebook now for 2 years. Never had an account on Twitter or whatever else is out there. So, I am not addicted to the media as some folks are.
Life's what you make it and you only get one chance to live this life.
If you want to waste your life, I guess that is what we call Freedom!
Life's what you make it and you only get one chance to live this life.
If you want to waste your life, I guess that is what we call Freedom!