I feel like I've been drowning in negativity for months now, perhaps even as long as a year. Right now I'm stressed out of my mind, to the point that I'm clenching my jaw all night long and am now suffering from headaches 24/7. Something's gotta change.
While I can't do a whole lot more about my financial stresses (Curse you, car! Curse you, clenching jaw requiring expensive dental apparatus!) than I'm already doing (I have a part-time job interview tomorrow), I have decided to eliminate as much negativity out of my life as possible. I am planning on basically detoxing my mind, body, and spirit.
First up is my mind. I have declared a moratorium on the negative stuff I spend far too many hours watching on television. I fall asleep watching CNN. I nap watching true crime shows. All of this has got to be taking a toll on my psyche at some level. And so -- I'm cutting it out. The only news I am allowing myself is the news on the radio when I get up each morning, and the local news if I'm expecting someone I know personally to be featured. That's it. Everything else is potentially too hard on the head.
I also have plans for detoxing my body but it makes more sense to feature that on Workin' with Frank and Jim.
I'll let you know how the experiment goes.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Detox, Day One
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I actually don't even have cable. I rarely read the paper and I don't listen to the radio. I get my news from coming into work and the lady next to me saying "Isn't it a shame about..." The cable is deliberate (I don't understand tv), the rest just happens. I find if I get reading the paper daily, I feel kind of depressed. In this case, ignorance is bliss.
As for the stress, that's a tough one to beat. When I get too uptight, I lock myself in my quiet room and spend some time just reflecting; it usually helps.
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