I have not watched the sports portion of the news (haven't in a while, actually), but that's easily avoidable. What is hard to avoid is picking up my phone. That's how I get my news and my sports scores -- Yahoo! Sports, Apple News, Bluesky and Twitter. I may have said this before, but it is now instinctive for me to just pick up my phone, at all times of the day and night and for any situation, and look. I've become an addict, and I probably am one of hundreds of millions.
The only way for me to not do that is if I assiduously want to avoid inadvertently looking at something ... such as a sports score. Damn, that is hard to do. I was watching the Chiefs-Giants SNF Game, and I know that when there are stoppages in play, I would just pick up my phone and start scrolling. I was able to resist, but the pull was undeniable, even if I knew that that was the most surefire way I would avoid knowing if the Lynx lost. One upside to that is that I paid attention to the football Game, and I want to go back to doing that instead of mindlessly looking through my cellphone. As hard as it is to break away, knowing there is a boogeyman if I fall into temptation is a hell of a way to stay away from my cell.
Now, at some point I have to learn about the Lynx Game, if only because I have The Weekly Minnesota Sports Survey to do tomorrow/Tuesday night. But I think it's best for me to learn about it during The Common Man Progrum during work. That way, if I found out they lost, I'll be distracted by work. (Have I said the same thing on here before when it came to Timberwolves playoff Games?) And hey, if I learn that the Lynx won, the day at work is that much brighter!
But I'll wait till then. And I will hope to Buddha I avoid learning the news through my phone before then.
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