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We in Scotia got the whole force of media propaganda during the Indyref as did you down south and when the Brexit vote came round - a large majority of us went against the then obvious 'UK direction', in fact my wife called it months before - how the 'UK' would vote.
What we learned was - selectively get yer 'news' on the internet.
Its a commonly acknowledged research topic that humans are much more receptive to negative information - mainly because all the happy clappy ones got killed and eaten - those of us whose ancestors ran like fuck are still here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200306/our-brains-negative-bias
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/why-is-there-no-good-news/
Honestly - unplug from the news, it's all bullshit anyway, none of the chicken little the sky is falling prediction actually come to pass so ignore the fuckers stick something on the CD player and relax.
On the work thing, console yourself with the thought those border line sociopath daft fuckers are actually taking this shit seriously, then have a big smile to yourself in your meeting
Ah, so the CD prevents you from being pissed off in both the morning and the afternoon, thus leaving you fully charged and ready to be pissed off in the evening.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I never get depressed and I am certainly not suicidal but the older get the more I think I have a lot of life insurance and if anything happened they would be financially comfortable and I could have a rest : )
Music works for me. Have a lie down and slap some headphones on, get absorbed in the music.
...and it prevents you from going out to buy more plastic.
I actually put the new Nick Cave album on tonight - but then nearly threw it out the window it's so depressing.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
There's a mantra that the media use which goes along the lines of,
'If it bleeds, it leads'
Not sure it says more about them,or us,the consumers.
Bad shit has always happend, it's always happening and it will keep happening. But for balance just don't forget all the amazing things and developments that happen too. In fact actively seek it out. Bad news is delivered, good news is discovered.
You need to know something about what is going on, and may need to stay current in specific areas (such as tech for me), but seriously, what do you actually lose by not keeping up with the constant negativity stream that is news? If "not a lot", why bother keeping up with it?
What we need is some sort of musical instrument or sequencer that you can compose simple tunes or basslines on hands-free. Voice commands or steering wheel buttons or something.
Something for the Making & Modding forum I think...
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Our manufacturing business takes a full two weeks shutdown at Christmas. I took the opportunity to not keep up with world events, I avoided news and most mainstream TV and switched off. Life continued and I returned to the fray just this Monday. It seems a long time since that break already.
I like you consider life outside of work to be important and have short, medium and long term goals (which can get modified to suit). Retirement is now looming and those years of grind have paid off and I managed to stay sane (I have witnesses OK).
Further income streams are a good idea, but so is quality of life, there is always the option of moving to a cheaper area to have peace/wildlife/homesteading/whatever and that might be Wales/Portugal/Bulgaria... at the cost of being near family and friends or your band/social life and the area you grew up.
But you do have choices at the moment so don't forget that. Decide what you really really want and then make plans to achieve that, you can modify the plans along the way (as can events) but you will be able to assert control.