Day 80

Day 80: Real Time
Day 4: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey


Do you think it’s possible to get too much information?

In this era of 24/7 news, the Internet, hand-held communication devices that seem to do everything but eat for us, is all this data necessary? Is it even good for us?

I don’t have the answers for you, but I do know how it all affects me. I become overwhelmed with the tragedies, the inequities, the just plain horror of so much that goes on in the world. Which only leads to the temptation to discuss it all, and that leads to much of my complaining.

How could all of this NOT lead to complaining??

I used to teach middle school social studies, and at the end of each year I surveyed my students about my abilities as a teacher. One bright young man told me I was “obsessed” with the news, as I made them watch the daily newscast for students that was transmitted into our school. I believed at the time I was instilling a valuable habit into their daily routines.

Now I’m not so sure.

Day 4.