very insightful!! I truly appreciate your sense of civid duty (very German, I guess!) and, like the Italian that I am, when voting time comes for my homecountry I defer to those who are actually living there (my mother) and offer my vote as an extra to back their preferences.
The thing for me is, I actually DO live in Germany, so I kind of have to rely on myself here. But I totally get what you mean and I think that is a great point.
Oh! Why did I think you were in the states!? Sorry about that !! But I agree, when I watch news in Italian I mostly hear white noise until I switch on my brain and focus. Very different than the sensationalism of news in English
A great piece. When I took a month off IG I had a similar realization about the wind tunnel effect you described. I think I know what I'm missing in the "fix" or change I've been trying to do for myself and my consumption of social media. Although Canada is often directly impacted by American politics, I should make a better attempt at curating my algorithm to give me more Canadian-based information. Even if it's about the US, perhaps I'd feel less overwhelmed by the guilt of needing to fix everything or being expected to hold myself accountable for things that are often out of my control.
Danke, Annika, for helping me navigate something I've been trying to figure out for myself 🙂
Love this perspective as you cannot simply change the language of the content you consume (except maybe to French?!). I think keeping in touch with your local and national news and happenings is ALWAYS good, no matter if it fixes the problem you are describing. But I could imagine that it might feel less overwhelming if you simply know what applies to you and what you can and cannot change, to me that was the key part.
Thank you for reading and your thoughtful comment. 🧡
Gorgeous piece, Annika!
very insightful!! I truly appreciate your sense of civid duty (very German, I guess!) and, like the Italian that I am, when voting time comes for my homecountry I defer to those who are actually living there (my mother) and offer my vote as an extra to back their preferences.
Thank you for reading and commenting Barbs 🧡
The thing for me is, I actually DO live in Germany, so I kind of have to rely on myself here. But I totally get what you mean and I think that is a great point.
Oh! Why did I think you were in the states!? Sorry about that !! But I agree, when I watch news in Italian I mostly hear white noise until I switch on my brain and focus. Very different than the sensationalism of news in English
Great read Annika! 💕
A great piece. When I took a month off IG I had a similar realization about the wind tunnel effect you described. I think I know what I'm missing in the "fix" or change I've been trying to do for myself and my consumption of social media. Although Canada is often directly impacted by American politics, I should make a better attempt at curating my algorithm to give me more Canadian-based information. Even if it's about the US, perhaps I'd feel less overwhelmed by the guilt of needing to fix everything or being expected to hold myself accountable for things that are often out of my control.
Danke, Annika, for helping me navigate something I've been trying to figure out for myself 🙂
Love this perspective as you cannot simply change the language of the content you consume (except maybe to French?!). I think keeping in touch with your local and national news and happenings is ALWAYS good, no matter if it fixes the problem you are describing. But I could imagine that it might feel less overwhelming if you simply know what applies to you and what you can and cannot change, to me that was the key part.
Thank you for reading and your thoughtful comment. 🧡
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Thank you for reading 🧡
Absolutely loved this. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for reading and commenting 🧡