Honestly fellas, I stopped watching all news 3 weeks ago and it's been a great thing for me. No matter which side you fall out on, the news gives you what they want you to focus on. It seemed to me the news media folks wanted me to be scared and wanted me fret over every issue. Notice how from the beginning the media kept pushing and asking for mandatory masks? I caught that and wondered why anyone would be rooting for that, I mean nobody wants to wear them so why the interest in pushing for them? I think it just advanced a narrative of fear. Every story of empty shelves, runs on ammunition and gun purchases, or meat shortages pushed people to get afraid and run to the store creating more hype and more news.
Some may say "Yeah, be ignorant Blade-Meister." Maybe they'd have a point, but I'm a happier guy and I deal with crisis' as the issues land on my doorstep instead of worrying about something happening 4 states away or a continent away. I'm much happier to go into my shop and restore and old axe, use old tools to make a handle for it, and come up for dinner. I used to watch the evening news, but instead I'm building a bench with my daughters. Instead of fretting about watching this and getting angry about seeing some story on the news, I'm down sitting with my daughters guiding their hands with a draw knife on a bench leg they are making. It's a better use of my time and me and my family are much happier. I think I just got the point where my crap filter was full and I needed a new filter and to get out of the dirty water. It's not for everyone, but I feel like I have a more normal life again so I thought I'd just share. I jumped off the moving train of media sensationalism, rolled a bit, and found my own two feet again realizing I can now walk wherever I want to and I don't have to go wherever the direction the train is speeding off to.
Some may say "Yeah, be ignorant Blade-Meister." Maybe they'd have a point, but I'm a happier guy and I deal with crisis' as the issues land on my doorstep instead of worrying about something happening 4 states away or a continent away. I'm much happier to go into my shop and restore and old axe, use old tools to make a handle for it, and come up for dinner. I used to watch the evening news, but instead I'm building a bench with my daughters. Instead of fretting about watching this and getting angry about seeing some story on the news, I'm down sitting with my daughters guiding their hands with a draw knife on a bench leg they are making. It's a better use of my time and me and my family are much happier. I think I just got the point where my crap filter was full and I needed a new filter and to get out of the dirty water. It's not for everyone, but I feel like I have a more normal life again so I thought I'd just share. I jumped off the moving train of media sensationalism, rolled a bit, and found my own two feet again realizing I can now walk wherever I want to and I don't have to go wherever the direction the train is speeding off to.
