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Zen and the Art of Staying Away from the News

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As regular FPS readers know, I’m a news junkie. This has nothing to do with the current political environment. Even as a child, I remember devouring the NY Times (our local paper) and doing the weekly quizzes. Old habits die hard. Today, in a rare show of restraint, I turned away. I just couldn’t bear it. My close friend who has Yoda-like tendencies texted that in addition to curtailing his media viewing, he “was trying to accept the facts as they are and consider that things will work out in the end.” Words I’m trying to live by. At least today.

Illustration by Lisa Congdon [2]