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Bill Clinton wouldnt be on our radar until October.
The 2020 presidential race is I think going to be the ugliest ever.
You dont need to be mainlining headlines all day every day to be an informed and active voter.
But like most things in life these days, fromeatingtoreducing your waste footprint,you just need to doless.
Limiting your news intake is key to managing stress.
Its ok to just stay on the surface for the moment and not get caught up in the whirlwind.
Its ok to just stay on the surface for the moment and not get caught up in the whirlwind.
(More on that later.)
Its also OK to skip a story if you know it will trigger your stress, too.
(Adigital clipping applike Pocket works too).
Its terrible for managing your stress because it means you never back off the adrenaline cliff.
In actuality, youre not learning that much outside of what you ingest during your news diet time.
If you do it for a month you realize, nothing really changed, he said.
Im writing the same shit every day.
You cant avoid politics when the country, they see you and they see politics.
As a person of color, Im a walking manifestation of blackness and I cant avoid that.
The key here is balance.
He avoids American cable news and sticks to getting his information from the BBC and Al Jazeera English.
Outlets such as The Guardian and the Financial Times are also highly regarded by many journalists.
When you better make sense of something you need facts and a little bit of analysis, he said.
They go at the core issues because its happening at an outside perspective and then they give you that.
Or you could manage these anxieties by simply writing it down and giving a name to them.
Thoughts race by very fast with anxiety.
So writing them down, especially in longhand which involves a motor skill, slows them down.
The planet will most likely not entirely blow up, so what are you specifically worried about?
And what action can you take to help alleviate those worries?
Whats not good is thinking you’re free to defeat a candidate single-handed.
Dont try and read everything, dont be the expert in everything, West said.
Pick an issue, and a thing you could do a couple hours a day.
Go and canvas and do phone calls.
Have that be your space.
If you focus on the events themselves, thats when you feel powerless.
Individuals online or on the street are just avatars of the thing youre really mad at, he said.
Them existing isnt the problem, he said.
The lobbyists that agree with them are the problem.
Its like any other amphetamine, you get a surge of energy and then you crash, Stosny said.
The only way to avoid depression to is to stay angry all the time.
So you get angry because you focus on something youre powerless over.
The anger makes you feel more empowered.
Instead, you’ve got the option to feed the beast with any form of endorphin-creating exercise.
If you want to give up adrenaline, youve got to have more endorphins.
Undercutting their beliefs with actual facts just wont work, experts say.
Instead go for storytelling or narrative, Wright said.
If you attempt to tell someone theyre wrong youre automatically going to get a defensive response, he said.
Just add more information rather than take away from what theyre saying.
And also keep in mind that every politician will inevitably end up being a disappointment in some way.
At the end of the day remember: no president can make you totally happy, Dintyala said.
Your happiness is on your own action in life.
