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The Fine Line Between Knowing and Overwhelming
How do you define too much information?
I’m mentally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted. It takes a lot of energy to reclaim my balance these days.
Why? Because I care about the world I live in. It matters to me that our so-called leaders are doing so many hateful, unhinged, harmful things to people, places, and things. Reading about the latest injustice, the unnecessary cruelty, and the utter uncaring is a lot.
It’s all too easy to get dragged in deeper and deeper. Well-meaning friends share a lot of the terrible things in the interest of staying informed. The problem is that it takes very little to cross that fine line between knowing and overwhelming.
When you cross that line, you experience a lot of distress. Then, if your life is not directly impacted, or actually going well in the middle of all this, you feel guilty, maybe even ashamed. You might start to wonder if, unintentionally, you’re Nero fiddling as the world burns around you.
I’m struggling to walk the tightrope of that fine line between knowing and overwhelming. Since I know I’m not alone, I’d like to share some insight with you about this.
