Watching The News Is Bad For Your Bank Account!

Yes that’s right, watching the news in any way shape or form is bad for your bank account, your health and your mindset. The news is not designed to inspire you but rather to scare you, so bear that in mind.

Media Ban

What I am proposing to you today is for you to go on a 30 day media ban, in fact you could be really brave and just ditch all tele, newspapers, magazines for the 30 day period. Its not gonna kill you but it will certainly inspire you.

Why A Media Ban

Lets state the obvious here, “News is Negative.” You very rarely get to see or read a bit of news that is positive, that makes you feel good about yourself.

You see bad news sells and good news is dull, well certainly in the eyes of the tv producers who just love to sensationalise any bit of information and make out its vital that you know this bit of news otherwise your life is ruined.

The point I am making is that watching or reading the news effects you mentally, it reinforces to you that this world we live in is a bad place and no good will ever come of it. You get to hear about death, destruction, recession,unemployment, inflation to name but a few. Why would you ever want to hear about all those things as you relax for the evening or even worse, as you eat your breakfast preparing for the day. What a great way to start.

But The News Keeps Me Informed.

I hear you on this and I certainly used to agree with you on that but the truth is it does not keep you informed. Come on lets be honest here, how many news stories over the many years you have been fed them have actually impacted you on a personl basis, how many, 2, 1, 0. I also hear you saying “ but I like to know about the tragedies that are happening so I can help.” When was the last time you actually helped, be honest, its ok to say never.

Do you see my point, the amount of times you have needed the news as opposed to the amount of times you have not needed the news is way out of alignment.

Don’t worry if there is something you need to know about, your neighbours, friends and family will soon let you know, its important to them the news, so they will definitely tell you.

My Media ban

I have been on my media ban for some 3 years now and I have no intention of giving up. I have been through some stages with this news absence, such as when I first began I was always wondering what might be happening. Then my next stage was to tell everyone around me how important I was for not watching the news, people soon got bored of that conversation. And my final stage which I assume is the final stage is one of just not interested any more. I let the news carry on and I let my life carry on without it.

Sometimes I see it

Now I will be honest with you, to have a 100% media blackout in your life is just not gonna happen, not unless you sit on a mountain forever. You will be around friends houses when its on or in a doctors with its on, its just impossible in this day and age not to miss it. And the funny thing is when I do catch it, its the same stories, political scandal, economy, health scare etc but just with different people. The same stories going round and round but with a different cast or location.

Your bank Account

Constantly feeding yourself with negativity really does effect you bank balance. You will allow situations going on around the world to effect your judgement when in fact it will have no bearing on what you decide to do. Realise this, you are the master of your ship who decides in what direction your life will go, be it financially or personally and no news story is going to change that.

Added Bonus

Think of how many wasted hours you spend in front of that tele every day and now think about what more you could be doing with that time.

You could be playing with your kids, learning that instrument, learning that language. Teaching yourself new skills that will make you more money. The list is endless but it only starts when you stop.

Start Today

Now is the perfect moment to start your media ban, there will never be a better moment than now. Just promise yourself to go the 30 days and if at the end your still missing it then go back to it but I am pretty sure you will feel different about immersing yourself in negativity so often and will realise that watching the news really is bad for your bank account.

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