So, I decided I wanted to really keep up with the news about Novak for a bit. Don’t ask me why, sometimes you just get these ideas, right? Seemed simple enough at first.
I started off pretty methodically. First thing in the morning, I’d grab my phone, even before coffee. My plan was straightforward: check a couple of major sports sites, maybe scan the headlines on a general news portal, and possibly peek at what folks were saying on social media. Easy peasy.
Well, that didn’t last long.
What actually happened was this:
- I’d open one site, see a headline.
- Then I’d open another, see a slightly different take, sometimes completely opposite.
- Then I’d think, “Okay, let’s see the real story,” and dive into forums or Twitter feeds.
- Big mistake. Huge. Suddenly I wasn’t just reading news, I was swimming in opinions, arguments, old clips, new clips, speculation… it was endless.
I found myself spending way more time than I planned, just clicking and scrolling, going down rabbit holes. One minute I’m looking for match results, the next I’m reading theories about his diet from five years ago. It felt like panning for gold in a river full of mud. You get tiny nuggets of actual info buried under tons of junk.
It Got Pretty Tiring, Fast
Honestly, the sheer volume was one thing, but the noise was another. Everyone shouting, everyone claiming to have the inside scoop. It reminded me of this one time, years ago, working on a project where we had to track competitor movements. Not sports, something completely different, tech stuff.
We set up all these alerts, subscribed to newsletters, scraped websites… thought we were being smart. But mostly, we just drowned in data. We spent more time sifting through rumours and press releases than doing actual useful work. We’d have meetings arguing about what some vague announcement really meant. Sounds familiar, right? Same feeling, different topic. Just a whole lot of churn for very little substance.
Back then, we eventually realised we needed to drastically cut down our sources, focus only on verified actions, not just talk. Took us a while though, wasted a lot of energy first.
So, back to the Novak news thing…
After a week or so of this intense news-following “practice”, I kind of just… stopped. It wasn’t providing clarity, it was just adding to the daily information overload. I figured I’d catch the important stuff eventually without having to wade through the swamp every single day. It’s just not worth the headache, you know? You try to follow one thing closely, and suddenly the whole internet is yelling at you. Better things to do with my time, I guess.
