562 | You need to go on a diet

Back in 2009, I went on a diet. This was not your typical food diet. I had become over stimulated by news and information. I had the news on in the background when I got up in the morning. I'd catch up on it in the afternoon. I'd listen to it in the car in the form of talk radio. I'd balance that at night with comedy news like the Daily Show. I had friends that worked on political campaigns and we'd discuss the issues at coffee houses. I felt informed like a "good little citizen". That was about the time I was all sorts of scattered with my businesses. I

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