news is basically engineered anxiety. it’s abstract, external, & almost always negative. nothing about it affirms your agency or intimacy. but people cling to it because it’s a cheap way to feel informed, like they’re plugged into the world.
tldr: reading most news is horrible for you.
Perfectionism often wears the mask of high standards , ambition , discipline. It parades itself as virtue, a propriety. In reality, it is rarely about the pursuit of excellence but the terror of being perceived as inadequate.