A Social Media Fast that could last and last

It seems there is something to be said of media poisoning...if you pull yourself off of it and don't read anything, there's a definite lack of litmus to really guage much aside from your own feelings about things. Nobody to like your perspective on things, nobody to commiserate or empathize or even argue with you. It is just you and what you know....and sometimes you don't know enough. Today I called my mother in Massachusetts, the one I grew up with, and found myself crying over how hurt I was about the world that is being fashioned around us. She made me feel only slightly better, and I told her I pulled myself off Facebook and so many other things... What I did do the other day is order some books and played a scratch off lottery game--spending $20, winning $200, admittedly spending another $40 to win nothing so I stopped--you almost have to play scratch offs like I think you should approach all gambling, test the waters, if they are favorable, pocket some cash and walk away. I typically have feelings about these things which is why the night I won, I was drunk, well, admittedly drunk as I have ...