Why I Don’t Watch the News Anymore
3 benefits you will get from never watching the news again.
Back in time, I used to watch the news every day I could – just to keep up with the trends and stay informed. It felt good on one side to be aware of what happens in the world, but on the other side, it made me feel stressed and sad.
Till I made the difficult decision to quit watching the news for a while, and then go back and see if I missed something. Guess what? I didn’t miss anything. It was all in my head. It was FOMO and nothing more.
The world is exactly the same. It didn’t end or stayed still just because I didn’t watch the news for a while. But I have to say that it feels amazing not to worry about things that are out of your control. From the moment I realized I was wasting my time and my health – that’s when I stopped watching the news and it brought me so many benefits.
Here are 3 of them:
1. Peace of mind
This is the most important benefit I got from never watching the news again. With so many people these days struggling with mental health, it’s imperative to achieve this state of peace of mind. Without it, you simply can’t cope with what life throws at you over and over again.
The reason why i decided to put my mental health first it’s because I watched others destroy theirs, and I don’t want the same for myself. Part of the reason why I struggled in the first place with frustration, anxiety, and sadness was because of the neverending atrocities that were being preached on the news.
Once I stopped feeding the media with my attention and time – that’s when I knew everything will be okay. I was feeling calmer, happier, and resilient. I won’t ever put my mental health in harm’s way by watching the news.
Although I want to stay informed on the latest news — there are better ways to do that. Instead of encouraging the media to lie, and twist the facts by watching the news, I will encourage some other forms of information. These forms of information can be books, podcasts, scientific articles, videos on the subject. But no more news. At least not for me.
“Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it”. — Brian Tracy
2. Living in the present
Since I stopped watching the news my mind is focused solely on the present moment. I don’t find myself anymore trying to think about the future or past. A while ago I was a reactive person. I reacted to everything that happened around me. But not anymore.
Now I’m being proactive, and since I started implementing this approach, I’ve seen some good results. And, even if I mess up sometimes, it’s better than being at the mercy of life.
I simply decided to change the narrative. Since I only have the present and nothing else, I embraced it, and I made the best with what I had. I recommend you do the same. It’s rewarding.
“I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don’t pay much attention to the past or the future”. — Matthew McConaughey
3. Self-awareness
Another benefit I got from never watching the news again, was that I gained more self-awareness. I don’t say I didn’t have before, but now I can think 100% for myself without questioning that.
We become so caught up in all this TV mirage that we forget to trust our gut and think for ourselves — without having someone’s opinion of us change our perspective on things.
I don’t ever need to hear from a man on the news that a woman did or did not do that. Or that a woman incited a man with the way she was dressed and simply got what she deserved. No, it’s fucking disgusting ever to hear this kind of atrocity.
I am better of without news like that. What I am saying is that before you start trusting what’s being preached on TV, first you have to think for yourself. Only then you’ll know if what you heard makes sense to you or not. Let’s stop trusting others and start following our gut instead. It never lets us down.
“Being self-aware is not the absence of mistakes, but the ability to learn and correct them.” — Daniel Chidiac
Conclusion:
Never watching the news again has allowed me to have peace of mind, and appreciate more the present. It made me think outside society’s box, and finally, it made me trust and follow my gut instead. I see only benefits since I stopped watching the news. My life got quiet from all the noise that was happening in my mind, and now I can think clearer.
I encourage you to do the same. A little break would make a world of difference for anyone that’s struggling with what I struggled in the past.
Give it a shot. If you never try — you’ll never know.
Thanks for reading!
