Minggu, 25 September 2016

What I Learned By Giving Up the News for 30 Days

What I Learned By
Giving Up the News for 30 Days
by Chip Brogden
For the past month I have observed a self-imposed “news blackout.”

I stopped watching the local and evening news.

I unsubscribed from breaking news emails and text alerts.

I turned off the news apps on my phone.

I stopped checking Google News or Facebook in the spare minutes in between whatever I’m doing online.

You may wonder “why” I have disconnected from the news media.


I could be really spiritual and just say that’s how God led me.


Sure, I believe He did lead me to do that.


But it was kind of a mutual agreement – as much my decision as His leading.


As for reasons “why” beyond that, I could point to some lessons learned, and some of the benefits I have gained, by NOT watching, reading, and listening to a steady stream of negative events as they happen...


READ MORE:
http://www.chipbrogden.com/learned-giving-news-30-days/


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Chip Brogden 

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