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Yeah, I edited out a couple of inarticulate attempts at explaining it from my original reply.
Basically, I don't think being so obsessed with things I have no control over and that evoke overwhelmingly negative feelings is very additive to my life. That those things are "important", I realized, is not particularly relevant to whether I should spend my time on them.
I can spend my time focusing on things I enjoy or on things within my control that impact my wellbeing. That path seems more likely to go someplace good.
I basically agree with you, but I'm also seeing the danger of being totally checked out of politics. So many people in California are so oblivious of politics that they're letting bad policies and bad politicians run rampant. Then, if you want to talk politics with them they're like "oh I hate talking politics"
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I think it's about the amount I was letting it consume me. I already know what my positions are on any normal political topic and I'm happy to discuss politics when people bring it up. I just don't need to go out of my way to soak in it.
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Yeah, I think it's best to at least have thought about it carefully at some point in your life and be willing to discuss it. Agree with not letting it consume your time or mental energy. It's kinda like a natural disaster. For the most part, there isn't much you can do about it
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Basically, I don't think being so obsessed with things I have no control over and that evoke overwhelmingly negative feelings is very additive to my life.
Can relate. It's the curse of the curious person, to have to resist the temptation to indulge in things that are undeniably important but unproductive in any good sense.
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