As I’ve earned more experience in my career, I’ve realized the importance of being able to manage your moods. We’re not always going to feel optimistic, energetic, or fired-up — and it’s not a challenge, anyway, to move ahead when we feel that way. The challenge comes on the days when we’re feeling flat and blah — or during the longer spells when we’re feeling stressed or depressed.

It’s worth it to figure out, as early in your career as possible, how to deal with these natural fluctuations. In this case, it sounds like you did exactly the right thing by shutting off the spigot of bad news into your life.

As I’ve stated in previous comments, I am a Junior @ KU pursuing a major in Finance. The aspects of my life this year differ much from those of last year. I’ve moved to a new place and live alone, I read the WSJ every day, and the only show channel I watch is CNN. Well, over the past month all of the negative energy that I was getting from these news mediums was starting to take effect in my personal life; I was doing poorly in school, my nerves were getting to me, etc. I decided that this must be because I’m surrounding myself in a constant state of negative. So what did I do? I quit reading the WSJ, did not turn on the TV, and focused on some activities that would help me chill out. That is why I feel that the quote I posted above is very relevant and something we all need to do if things start to get a little too stressful.