"How do you keep up with what’s happening and upcoming events?"

I used to watch news but over the years it has become a divisive and i no longer follow on a daily basis. the big topics do bleed in because people will talk about it (national conflict, taxes, tariffs, inflation, the stock market) but i don't encourage the conversation to go further than that.

at this point many business and leaders are manipulating people, there's click bait, doom scrolling, reels, tiktok, division politics, etc. the goal is to keep eyes watching and to stir up nonsense.

for me it was vampiric by sucking the joy from my life. i stopped the non-stop news cycle about 4 years ago and i'm much happier because of it. i don't even use social media any longer.

i'm in my 60s now and have cancer - i don't need outside influences sucking the remaining joy out of my life.

i am aware of local happenings and attend community events like local concerts, food truck night, movies in the park, family carnival, farmers market, town council meetings, etc.

I live in Parkland, FL and we had a school shooting which over the years has drawn our town closer together. when a local child kills so many people you can not help but take a part of that on the community.

how did the community and local police fail the shooter and the victims. all of those deep reflective questions have lead to a more connected town between the people who live here and the leaders (politicians, faith leaders, police).