What is up? I'm Grace Beverly and welcome back to Working Hard, the podcast

shared guide book on how to improve your own life and achieve what you actually dreamed of doing,

because life's too short for boring podcasts and bad advice.

What is up and welcome back to Working Hard. This episode has been brewing for a while and it's

something I've been having a lot of internal debates about and talking to my friends about a lot.

So the question is, how do I stay informed about the world without feeling

constantly overwhelmed, anxious or like everything is about to fall apart? Because on the one hand,

I don't want to catastrophize all the time. I don't want to wake up and immediately absorb 20

terrible headlines before I've even had a sip of water. I want to be able to live my life,

do my job, enjoy my relationships,

and not feel like my nervous system is permanently braced for impact. But at the same time,

I really don't want to be ignorant. And I think it's a huge privilege, especially living in a

Western developed country, to be able to look away from things that are genuinely devastating

for other people happening right in front of your eyes.

And I personally don't necessarily want to like opt out of awareness completely just because it's uncomfortable.

So this episode is about finding that balance and learning how to structure an information diet that actually leaves you informed and capable of

action rather than frozen by overwhelm and catastrophizing the whole time. Before we get into it though,

please follow us on whatever podcast app you're listening to this on right now. It means more to us

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you improve your life. So let's start with the context as always. I feel like I don't even need

to tell you that we have never had more access to information than we do right now.

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