Being oblivious can be a good thing

seadoug

seadoug

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I posted a few days ago that we were in the Mediterranean for two weeks. I was forbidden by hubby to turn on the news and I was fine with that. It was probably the happiest two weeks I've had in at least a year. I knew when I returned to the States the same divisiveness and garbage would be going on but I didn't care. I actually returned with a more positive outlook. I'm definitely skimming over the news now.

The only thing I regretted was not knowing Diane Keaton passed away but it would have brought me down anyway. RIP to a wonderful actress.
 

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I posted a few days ago that we were in the Mediterranean for two weeks. I was forbidden by hubby to turn on the news and I was fine with that. It was probably the happiest two weeks I've had in at least a year. I knew when I returned to the States the same divisiveness and garbage would be going on but I didn't care. I actually returned with a more positive outlook. I'm definitely skimming over the news now.

The only thing I regretted was not knowing Diane Keaton passed away but it would have brought me down anyway. RIP to a wonderful actress.
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...but having said that even if you'd known she died.. there's nothing you could do.. so it would just have made you sad.. and that would have been a negative experience..

I went years once, not listening or watching the news... people are shocked that I missed so many major things during that time.. But I went through life completely unaware of what was happening outside my own bubble...

I'd like to be able to do it now.. but social media and eveything else just won't let me
 
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I think the reason my mother lived to 95 was that she didn't have a TV or a radio. She never listened to the news on the car radio. She only subscribed to the local newspaper that was mostly local gossip about who had been caught dumping waste on somebody else's property and news about the new 7-11 going in.

She always said that her daughters would tell her whatever she needed to know about. It was true. We did.

Mom had a great social life, but she refused to discuss politics, religion or scandals. When she died, she looked no older than 70. People always thought we were sisters.

I've aged more in the last year than I did in the previous ten years. I blame worrying about what's going on out in the world for that.
 
JFK's assassination shocked the world, it was probably the most news worthy story of that decade, yet before long the press were reporting salacious tales of his adultery, such was there sordid stories that I quit the news, as in TV, radio and newspapers. That was back in 1963 and today, I am, as the thread title says, oblivious of the news, although nowadays it's out of habit more than protest.
 
I'm also beginning to slow down on the news. I usually just take weekend news breaks, but now I'm only watching the maybe twice a week and only quick stories. I'm actually feeling better. It's better to find articles online I'm interested in and considering the newspaper again.
 

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