#Microblog Monday 515: Do It Differently

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I think this is super solid advice to get you through the next few years, and it begins with the dek: “Sometimes it’s healthy to do something you love less, and differently.”

I’ve switched to only reading news — no opinion pieces. I don’t want the facts chewed up for me. I want my brain to break them down instead. I set a timer for 10 minutes and tell myself that I am sticking to that limit, even if I find something super interesting that I want to read in full. To be better informed, I read headlines and first paragraphs. And, like I said, skip all of the opinion pieces.

I don’t feel like I can remove myself from processing the news entirely, but I can limit and change the way I consume it, check in on how I feel while I do it, and stop for the moment when it is impacting my emotional health.

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