All the political news stories especially were causing me more anxiety & panic every time I read or heard them, and I finally just decided ENOUGH!

I have not read or watched the news all week! I have to say it has helped quite a bit. I do feel somewhat uninformed about the world but not having that anxiety creep up with every headline I read is a bit of a relief. I've only gone to the weather site all week and that's it.

I do feel like something of a bad citizen for choosing to not know what's going on, but whether I know or not, it's politics, and it's going to keep happening whether I am up to date on current events or not.

I don't know if I will manage another week unplugged from news, but I'm going to try.