Fast Company: If it seems impossible to focus on work—or anything else, for that matter—amid all this troubling news, you’re not alone. Plenty of research in recent years has shown that Americans are overwhelmed by the state of politics and feel a heightened sense of anxiety over the news cycle. There’s also clear evidence that doomscrolling and constantly absorbing negative media can interfere with our physical and mental health.
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This article really hit home for me in terms of how I am feeling about the world right now. I think especially with our current government administration it is impossible to ignore both the national and international crises we are facing. I would argue there is even another level of struggle in terms of being creatively productive. The suggestions this article offers is to disengage however, as creatives, so much of the work we do is reliant on how we interpret the world. I do however agree with the sentiments of how social media is often causing more harm than good in terms of our new consumption. Social media’s main objective is to keep our attention for as long as possible and emotionally distressing and inflammatory news does this better than most other things. It prioritizes causing an emotional reaction over keeping you informed. It’s the same thing with inflammatory news headlines.
I feel every time I open my phone, it is another horrific tragedy article. It seems that in the world right now, we are struggling to find a balance between staying aware of what is going on in the government and our country well as self-care, and not always feeling despair and depression every time we open our phones. One of my favorite advice from this article was focusing on what you can control. I think that is for me personally one of the strongest ways I can cope, is to not take on the responsibility of the whole world, that sometimes you need to step away from the world and see what you can. Instead of trying to fix it all at once. I especially love the part where they suggested writing it down and getting a visualization of what you can control, and the example being a simple as I can control that I love my children.
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