I’d rather write than talk. Nobody interrupts! Posting monthly or less now--see below. |
My original purpose for this blog, which I started in August of 2019, was to see if I could maintain consistency, to discover what I want to write about, and to find my writing voice. In January, I started a "niche-less" blog at Wordpress.com where I've published weekly. -- Kit’s Kontemplations . -- I'm preparing to start a Catholic blog on Wordpress.com where I'll post weekly, and another site to put the rest of my writing. I also want to spend more time reading other blogs and offering thoughtful comments, both here on WDC and elsewhere. At most, I will publish once a month at no set time in this blog starting in September of 2020. Thank you to those who have read and rated any posts on this blog. I really appreciate it. I did NOT want to write “about” me on this blog. I wanted to share my interests, discoveries and maybe a few useful insights. If anything I've written helps even one person, whether or not they respond to the post, then this blog has been successful. |
In my previous post, I wrote about the harmful effects of following the news. While doing research for this post, I found many more results about why people don’t follow the news and claim it’s either a waste of time or hazardous to your health. I came to the conclusion that there is a difference between consuming news through TV or the internet and through reading newspapers or news magazines. Getting news the first way is said to rot your brain and getting it through reading will increase your creativity and ability to think critically. Although I believe that it’s important to know about current events, I admit I don’t make any effort to do this. Maybe this list of benefits will inspire me to do more than let conversations float around me: Advise a community about threats and important events that can impact them Help people gain national perspective Stay connected with the world and teach you about the way of life and cultural differences Enrich your knowledge and understanding about world events Be informed about latest innovations and discoveries Increase your vocabulary and language skills Sources: Top 5 Benefits & Importance of Reading News https://www.paperboy.com/blog/top-5-benefits-importance-of-reading-news/ Importance of news from ClearlyExplained.com http://clearlyexplained.com/news/importance-of-news.html How important is it for you to keep up with current events? Have you found ways to do it so that you are not overwhelmed or stressed by information overload? Monique from Ottawa, Canada No matter what, WRITE! |