I'm not going to turn this blog into a gone too soon post for Whitney Houston... But she was gone too soon.
It makes me think about all the people we encounter, talk bad about and judge - either out loud or silently in our minds.
Everyone who knows me, knows that I am an avid tabloid reader. I can't help it... It feeds my urge to be nosy, and also keep informed on some of my fave celebs. I have also turned to social media for the same reasons. Only a few years ago, if something magnificent happened in the world, I would turn on the tv and wait for a reputable news source to confirm, mostly, the tragic news I was hearing. Now, I turn to twitter and Facebook. I can't help but wonder... Have we lost our ability to rely on good old fashion news?
Yesterday, I turned on CNN to confirm the news. Today, I look to social media to give me up to the minute updates and find traditional media so slow and ancient. My urge to be nosy has turned into a scramble to keep informed and not miss a snippet of information, even if it's speculation.
How did I turn from news junkie to social media piranha?? How have we lost the ability to let life go on and wait until the morning paper for new information?
So on the day after her passing, I reflect on my actions, my thoughts and my hunger to be nosy. I can't help but ask... Is there such thing as being too informed?
Lady I think it's a delicate balance that we try to strike between our professional and personal lives. PR drills into us to be informed and on top of the news that could affect our clients. But then when we leave the office and go home to have 'me time' we can't turn that off. Trying a weekend to unplug once in a while works but we've swung from being informed by traditional media (uninformed people would say) to being over-informed through social media. We need to find some balance back at the centre of the maelstrom.
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