"How do we stay informed about the world without going completely insane???"
Short answer: we can't. Long answer: we can, kinda?
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Bellllll I’d love your help. Lately, staying informed about the world is directly correlated with my rising anxiety levels and existential doom. How do we continue to stay up to date about our world without going completely insane over everything we don’t have control over??? I know the answer is probably balance, but I feel so guilty if I don’t know about all the awful things taking place.
Dear Mad World,
God. I know what you mean.
No, I really know what you mean.
I think we all do.
Here are my thoughts on trying.
Because I think that’s all we can do.
Keep trying, and keep doing, and come to know both its usefulness and its limits. Here’s what I know: