I stay away from most news sites. I only skim CBC and BBC. I constantly look back in histroy for perspective. It helps me realize we are living in one of the best times in humanities’ existance.

“God’s been good to me before, miraculous even, so why wouldn’t He be good to me tomorrow as well?”

I’m pessimistic, so I constantly get pleasant surprises when things turn out better than I expect. It’s nice.

What is this “optimism” you speak of?

i pursue the activities with the highest dopamine reward built in on a regular basis.

it turns out that it also accdentally forces me to check out of all media for the entire weekend and i’m okay with that.