I’ve become a lot more picky about the entertainment I seek out and the things I choose to spend time focusing on. For example, because I live alone now, the tv remote is under my complete control for the first time in, well, forever. And because I’m not watching things on tv now by default, i.e. shows that were put on by someone else in the room, I’ve become aware of how much more selective I have become about the shows I choose to watch, and even just how much time I spend watching tv.

I tend to do a lot more reading than watching tv, that’s just my personal preference. And if I am watching something now for entertainment, for enjoyment or relaxation, I no longer watch shows that are characterized mostly by violence or hate or negativity. I don’t choose shows that leave me with unsettled, disturbed feelings afterward. I gravitate more toward things that uplift me, or inspire me, or that have beauty in them. Things that I learn something from or that provoke an interesting or worthwhile line of thought. I feel like if I am going to give those moments of my life over to something that I will be taking in, I want what I will be taking in to be positive and to have a good effect on me in some way.

That doesn’t mean I have my head buried in the sand. I read the news. I acknowledge and am aware of things in life and in the world around me that are not necessarily feel-good things. But I don’t use those things for my entertainment, for my relaxation, or even for my inspiration. I choose what I will feed my mind, my emotional state and my overall wellbeing with, and I choose for that to be something positive.

I hope you feed yourself good things today!