William Bonner and Speaker A discuss why stopping is different from changing, and how accepting change is the first step toward living a more coherent life. They explore when to quit, mental health in modern times, and how information overload forces us to reassess what actually matters.
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Have you ever stopped to think that knowing when to stop is as important as knowing when to start? Bonnar announced his departure from Jornal Nacional after almost three decades on the air. But if we look at an interview he gave to Pedro Beale in April of this year, you realize he already knew he needed a different rhythm.
It's a matter of mental health. I think that when I think about my future, a peaceful future, it's not a dream come true. But it's certainly not the routine that leading and presenting Journal Nacional represents.
How often do we continue with exhausting, insane routines, believing we can't change or do things differently?
My dream is to have a cool, meaningful activity that doesn't demand so much of me, so. So that I have what left over. A thing called time.
There are many people living with the time they have left, and I'm sure it doesn't have to be that way. In fact, it's unhealthy and unsustainable. That was my motivation when I wrote the book. Give Me a Break. How to Find Limits in a World without Limits. Understanding that it's not time that's lacking, it's us who need to refresh our identity from time to time, to eliminate what no longer makes sense now in the present. Even if the past was full of successes, our bodies change, as do our goals. And there's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is not accepting it.
I can't pick up a book and read a chapter a day without constantly diverting my attention to my cell phone. Why? Because we live in times of. Information overload. And I have a huge burden of responsibility, both professionally and as a father of three with two living abroad.
And who hasn't? That's the hallmark of our times, right? The hijacked attention, the feeling of always owing something to someone, including ourselves. And I'd really like to shed some of that burden. Ah, whatever. I can get out of it, so I can take a breather. We're not just seeing a presenter leaving the country's main newsroom. We are witnessing an example of what I call voluntary mourning, when we end a relationship on our own, in the most coherent way possible, with planning. After four years of research, I need to tell you this time is not and never has been against us. We are the ones who need to make peace with it. This means saying goodbye to commitments, people and other things that consume our time, but that are now in the present.
