Hi Dear Readers!
I'm initiating a HUGELY POSITIVE AND BENEFICIAL wellness challenge soon and I am humbly encouraging you to join me. It's a big one and thus I am calling it the BIG EXIT CHALLENGE.
It's a two-month wellness challenge and it has two parts: 1. From Monday November 2, 2026 through Monday January 4, 2027, I am disconnecting from the Attention Economy completely. Largely, this means no social or mainstream media (SMSM) consumption, including news curation/analysis podcasts. 2. During that time, I will instead engage in self care and wellness activities, incuding - but not limited to - reading several of the many books in my Libby cue, cooking vegan food, exercising daily, playing analog board/card games, going on dates with Deborah, practicing music, performing music, traveling to visit friends and possibly family, walking/playing with the dogs, and other positive activities I cannot think of right now.
I am aware that my disconnection from SMSM may cause me to miss important information that could impact my life. But nothing on SMSM has significantly impacted my life in a negative way, to date, though its use alone has...loss of time and productivity; a likely dip in emotional and intellectual intelligence.
The time frame was selected to coincide with the most dangerous time in America, between the Midterm Elections and the inauguration of the new US Congress at the start of the New Year. I want NO PART in any of that toxic vitriol and chaos. And you probably don't either. But you will be a part of it is you use SMSM during that time. You know the old saying about domestic abusers...the most dangerous time is when you decide to leave.
Join me in this challenge! Or, if not, at least support and encourage my participation and participate vicariously.
