Who are aware of it

I often read about bloggers who, to protect their mental health, tend to completely remove news from their daily information flow. They manage to stay uninformed and escape daily life by eliminating the noise of things happening in the world. In this way, they improve their mood and approach to the day, they write.

I understand. Reading about wars, finance, news, and politics is not a pleasant thing. And I realize that it can be disheartening to be confronted with the difficult and often sad and frustrating things that happen in the world around us. I also add that very often, information sources do everything to make the news emotionally engaging, for better and especially for worse, alternating and amplifying the perception of oppression that current events can have on our lives. Better nothing, they say.

But an informed person is a free person. Knowledge helps to understand, to form opinions, and to grow. How can one completely exclude the flow of news from their media diet?

I cannot do without the news. When I arrive in the evening without knowing what happened during the day, I feel lost. I feel in danger, in a way. I like to be informed, to know and understand. I follow a media diet that includes news, opinion, or in-depth podcasts; I subscribe to an online newspaper and follow the RSS feeds of a couple of others; I follow some thematic blogs on topics that interest me. I don’t watch videos, but that’s my problem; it doesn’t mean there aren’t interesting and credible channels—online or otherwise. I exclude social networks, but you already know.

It takes a lot of patience and careful selection of sources. I only rely on those I believe to be trustworthy and authoritative, regardless of the medium they use to communicate. I may not always keep up with everything; however, it would be impracticable for me to disconnect and pretend that the world continues without me.

Inform yourself, as you don’t have much else to understand, really. Avoid social media and sources of garbage instead of the news. Don’t let yourself be influenced, but study, think, and analyze. The world belongs to those who are aware of it.