It has been a long time since I have sat down to write in this blog.  I have been on a self-imposed news and facebook sabbatical.  

I used to take in a LOT of news, I watched it on TV and online.  I listened to NPR for hours each day as I walked my dogs and puttered around the house.  I turned into a high strung nut job, quick with an opinion about any esoteric topic.  The news had me wound tightly from the time I got up in the morning until I went to bed.  I got sucked into any number of political discussions on facebook.  I wrote long, well thought responses to postings and got attacked.  

I finally decided to stop, six months or so ago.  I have not tuned in to the news.  My only interaction on facebook has been to check my neighborhood page.  My stress level has dropped to a more manageable level and I realized how difficult it is to go online and not get sucked into the madness.  I know that President Trump creates a lot of turmoil, but it's interesting if you only surface into the news world once in awhile.  From 6 months ago to now, not much has changed.  Sure, events have happened, but the world did not necessarily require that I be an engaged citizen.  From what I can tell, it sounds like Trump almost declared war on Iran for shooting down our spy drone.  I could get all worked up, but it doesn't matter.  It REALLY does not matter.  We aren't at war, but even if we were, my opinion on it would not matter.  

It's not that I am apathetic, I just realized that me getting spun up over things does not make a difference, one way or the other.