The news these days....

[thebrick]

I tell ya, I am really appreciating my gym time these days. With all the crummy news bombarding us everywhere in the media… it can get to your head if you let it. The gym is my little oasis more than ever right now. I don't know how I'd feel if I didn't have my workouts to clear my mind, at least for a while. Now, If I could just get them to turn the TVs off in the gym...

That's all I wanted to say.

 

[hotttsauce]

I tell ya, I am really appreciating my gym time these days. With all the crummy news bombarding us everywhere in the media… it can get to your head if you let it. The gym is my little oasis more than ever right now. I don't know how I'd feel if I didn't have my workouts to clear my mind, at least for a while. Now, If I could just get them to turn the TVs off in the gym...

That's all I wanted to say.

I consider it a sanctuary of sorts myself!

 

[cslim]

I agree 100%. I work in commercial real estate and while we're still making some deals, it's a tough market to say the least. Our office is dead...that general, energetic, deal-making "buzz" isn't in the air.

Workouts in the gym restore my sanity from crazy days of talking about the economy and stressing about when our next deal is going to happen.
Take it all out on the weights and then restore some feeling of calm while reading my book on the treadmill

 

[MAINEVENT]

I tell ya, I am really appreciating my gym time these days. With all the crummy news bombarding us everywhere in the media… it can get to your head if you let it. The gym is my little oasis more than ever right now. I don't know how I'd feel if I didn't have my workouts to clear my mind, at least for a while. Now, If I could just get them to turn the TVs off in the gym...

That's all I wanted to say.

I couldn't agree more BRICK. We just wear our headphones and get it on. I never pay attention to the tv's unless a football game is on and thats just to catch the scores.

 

[oldfella]

I must lead a sheltered life then. I do not have tv's in my gym. my gym is for training not watching television. I treat my gym as my fortress of solitude at times. I train when no one is around, I take out my frustrations on the weights. I do what I want, when I want. I do not even see the news most of the time. I do not play commercial radio in the gym either. Just cd's of all kinds.

I am with brick, it seems like every time I see the news I just get pissed off with it. Always bad shit or some lame ass politician lying his or her way out of something or promising me something I know I will never see. I don't need the news to know how bad the economy is, I am in business......I know first hand!! LOL. SO I train.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Just change the channel brick. These doom and gloom brokers and outright liars are just messing with your head. Many of the things are psychological games that are directly geared and scientifically verified to grab and keep your attention. Helps ratings. News is news but it's better when it's a "story".

I think everyone should look at this as a good point of reevaluation of how you live.

Do you live beyond your means?
Do you have little or a lot of debt?
Do you have luxury beyond luxury?

I'd rather have a bad economy than a false economy. People will stick together and help one another in bad times.

For years, everyone has been borrowing with no sense of fiscal responsibility. including our friends in Washington. This is the inevitable result of years of irresponsible borrowing.

Focus on the important things. Family, friends, the gym, etc. They are saying the sky is falling yet you still have a place to sleep, your cars, your children...

God forbid I have to drive a used Chevy instead of the Lexus convertible with aftermarket alloys.

Life goes on.

 

[pesty4077]

Just change the channel brick. These doom and gloom brokers and outright liars are just messing with your head. Many of the things are psychological games that are directly geared and scientifically verified to grab and keep your attention. Helps ratings. News is news but it's better when it's a "story".

I think everyone should look at this as a good point of reevaluation of how you live.

Do you live beyond your means?
Do you have little or a lot of debt?
Do you have luxury beyond luxury?

I'd rather have a bad economy than a false economy. People will stick together and help one another in bad times.

For years, everyone has been borrowing with no sense of fiscal responsibility. including our friends in Washington. This is the inevitable result of years of irresponsible borrowing.

Focus on the important things. Family, friends, the gym, etc. They are saying the sky is falling yet you still have a place to sleep, your cars, your children...

God forbid I have to drive a used Chevy instead of the Lexus convertible with aftermarket alloys.

Life goes on.

I couldn't agree more with the media, nothing but doom and gloom. According to them, we will all die of cancer, the earth is melting, and we should invite all the terorists over fo dinner.

 

[thebrick]

Just change the channel brick. These doom and gloom brokers and outright liars are just messing with your head. Many of the things are psychological games that are directly geared and scientifically verified to grab and keep your attention. Helps ratings. News is news but it's better when it's a "story".

I think everyone should look at this as a good point of reevaluation of how you live.

Do you live beyond your means?
Do you have little or a lot of debt?
Do you have luxury beyond luxury?

I'd rather have a bad economy than a false economy. People will stick together and help one another in bad times.

For years, everyone has been borrowing with no sense of fiscal responsibility. including our friends in Washington. This is the inevitable result of years of irresponsible borrowing.

Focus on the important things. Family, friends, the gym, etc. They are saying the sky is falling yet you still have a place to sleep, your cars, your children...

God forbid I have to drive a used Chevy instead of the Lexus convertible with aftermarket alloys.

Life goes on.

Very valid points, Ouch!

 

[phoenix13]

Ouch, thank you so much for your post. It validates how I prefer to look at this situation, and my perspective was beginning to be tainted by the hysteria.

 

[Sassy]

Gym is my sanctuary too

That's funny that you posted this because after I shorted out on OTC's post the other day. I realized that I was so overwhelmed by the constant doom and gloom from the media and all the crap going on in with my company being bought out and Everlast's business. I decided to turn the TV and radio off and not too look or read any news. I haven't paid much attention to all of this over the weekend... and I feel much better.

What's not helping me any is that I'm doing marketing consulting at night and weekends to help make ends meet. Plus I'm doing the bookkeeping for Everlast business which isn't leaving much time for the gym. My workouts are sporadic. The gym is always my escape!

I've got some good news... Everlast landed TWO big contracts!!! One of the worse days of the year when the stock market tanked last week. He gets the phone call that he got the job. Then by the end of last week the other call came. This is going to pull us out of the hole!!

 

[thebrick]

I've got some good news... Everlast landed TWO big contracts!!! One of the worse days of the year when the stock market tanked last week. He gets the phone call that he got the job. Then by the end of last week the other call came. This is going to pull us out of the hole!!

Now that's some GOOD news!! Congratulations to you two!!! I know that has to help your stress levels!!! Awesome!

 

[mooshue]

thats all the news is good for, to tell you all the horrible things, shock value to tune in viewers. They tell you whats broken and how you should feel, they twist whats actually happening to make it more shocking, cuts and edits, self proclaimed experts. Its how most people get their information, wrong or otherwise. Everyone is in a huge panic, more so than they should be, because the media is telling you to be.

Ever see the episode of scrubs, where they watch the news in the morning before work and see them list all these symptoms of some crazy disease that 1 person has, then the hospital floods with thousands of people who claim they have it.

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