While at the gym today I found myself switching up my workout. I did my FINAL day of my 30 day challenge (yes...it was a couple, three, four days late...blah), then I did weights and finally, ended on the treadmill. It was a struggle to force myself to go to the gym today. I almost decided to take a nap in my car instead of going to the gym. But, I kept telling myself I needed to go and just do it.
While on the treadmill I stare at a huge line of televisions. This absorption of television is more than what I normally take in a year.
As I made myself push the speed up on the treadmill and try to distract myself and hope the time went by faster, I would switch my gaze from television to television. I found something in common between all the morning news shows.
One - each and every single one was reporting on at least one, if not more, absolutely ridiculous topics! Whether one 'should' shower in the morning or at night really needed to be researched and reported? Seriously...is this a slow news week?
Two - each and every single show overly reported on the big news items only creating panic in their viewers. Is it necessary to go over and over and over and over the same statistics about the latest outbreak from prison?
Don't get me wrong, I am not pleased that this individual has escaped from a prison in Mexico. It is terrifying if I think about it too much. Yes, it is part of our reality and we need to be aware. However, to have it continuously slammed down our throat only increases the concern. We don't need to live in fear. There is a police force for a reason and we have to trust they are going to do their job.
All I could think of was how much drama is involved with the news and how it is exploited. The level of drama in our news is incredibly unnecessary. Unfortunately, these news stations are so hung up on ratings so they can obtain advertising dollars, that it has become increasingly appealing to over dramatize the most simplistic news.
If only we could be satisfied by the news delivered in a regular and normal manner. Yet, our high paced society keeps us salivating for something more in alignment with drama. I say, leave our drama for the theatre and stages.
There was one story which was covered this morning on the amount of time American's work verses the time we spend in 'play' or on vacation and how it is affecting our relationships. Where this was something of interest, I think it feeds into our current lifestyle. We are in this need to make more money, cost of living is going up. A lot of families are living beyond their means, which puts them into debt and adds stress. Often we don't have the ability to free ourselves from work so we can fully be present when we are home.
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