MystValkyrie

I love this post. I can be very self-critical.

I have really long legs, and I like my wavy hair. I'm learning to love being tall the more I develop my wardrobe of clothes that fit.

I kind of just hate the daily news cycle. The hourly news cycle on social media sites is even worse.

Trump says a bunch of awful things on a daily basis. His regime is a threat to democracy. No one voted for Elon. But we don't need an article for every little things he says or does. Trump was a nobody oddball candidate that no one liked, and then he got disproportionately more news coverage from both liberal and conservative outlets compared to any other presidential candidate in 2016, day after day. That may have been why he was elected.

News outlets are incentivized to do this thanks to the advertising model and moving to web-only. It's always so incendiary and tabloid-like. It's done so much damage to society. People are making it worse by repeatedly clicking and sharing stuff from the daily news cycle instead of, as OP said, better journalism. It's tricky, though, because the best journalism tends not to be behind a subscription model and not free, so how do you share it?

I read The Week now every Friday. I'm subscribed to the print magazine, but it's also available free on Libby for Americans. The Week isn't perfect; any weekly newspaper will do, though there's not many left. I try to avoid news every other day of the week. My mental health has improved a bit (as much as can be expected for a person living in America) and I find I'm capable of thinking more critically about what I read.

I deeply wish this would happen, but know it would never happen in my lifetime in my country.

I've been working full time, sometimes overtime, for almost five years out of college. I want to practice piano more. I'd love to volunteer. I want to go outside more. I've always wanted to spend a month backpacking in the Pacific Northwest. It's been my lifelong dream to write a book.

I'm so exhausted after work every single day that I can only get myself to play piano for a half an hour, and then play video games or read until I pass out before my bedtime.