So far, my media holiday is going well; I'm well on my way to breaking the habit of checking and rechecking several news outlets throughout the day. I think? I feel a bit better, too, although since this has coincided with a return to teaching, there are too many variables to tell for sure.
Even so, although I haven't actively sought out news, I'm not entirely uninformed. I know, for instance, that there is a new, American-born pope, that Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed, and that the president wants to reopen Alcatraz. I guess those things are just in the air, or something.
I will also say that when I did the weekly news quiz for the hell of it the other day, I simply used inference and deduction to answer the questions I didn't know, and my score was comparable to every other week. I guess that's more evidence that there's not much downside to taking a break from the 24-hour news cycle.
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