Oh chloe, I'm so sorry. I literally the day after the elections quit Twitter and stopped watching my beloved late night shows (because of their politically laden monologues). I no longer watch the national nightly news and I will tune into the local news when it's just local stuff. My husband? He checks the stock market constantly. Not hourly, but every 20 minutes. And he's done this for the past several years. It's not healthy (sorry). To me, it's kind of like looking at Realtor.com to see what my house is worth...did it go up or down? Unless I'm looking to sell my house right now (I'm not), who cares? My house is worth what it's worth when I put it on the market. And yes, it's wise to track the market in general to track trends. But not that closely. Unless you're a stock broker. Or looking to sell NOW.
this is what i tell my husband, as well! it matters not what price his stock is on a day to day basis, it only matters when he's ready to SELL IT.
But i'm largely doing this to myself for seemingly no reason other than making myself crazy. i need to stop!
It's insane. Racism and bigotry, sexism and homophobia, etc. are all political now. SCIENCE is political now. It's a freaking joke. But I can't engage anymore. My mental health cannot take keeping up with the stupid crap that comes out of the WH, etc. every day. I won't last four years if I paid attention. Sorry if that makes me part of the problem. I dunno.
i'm going to try to find the midline, here. i want to be informed but I don't need to be a slave to every 'breaking news' headline. and I really need to stop watching the market as closely as i have been.
blah. BLAH!!!
