I’ve realised something simple but strangely comforting: the things I enjoy on television are often the things I hope never appear on my doorstep.
I love science fiction — worlds that bend the rules and futures that dare to ask “what if?”, and heroes who step into the unknown. But that’s exactly where I want those things to stay: on a screen. I don’t need alien invasions, collapsing timelines, or multiverse crises showing up during my morning coffee.
And on the other side, I never took to soap operas. Real life already contains enough drama without borrowing more. As for the news… it rarely feels like news anymore. It feels like a story someone else has already written, with a narrative waiting to be confirmed rather than a balanced view waiting to be understood.
Maybe that’s why I choose what I choose.
Science fiction lets me imagine without being overwhelmed.
Avoiding soap operas lets me keep my peace.
Turning off the news lets me think for myself.
Perhaps the rule is this: watch what expands you, avoid what drains you, and protect your own perspective above all else.
