No magic bullet but I changed what I do on the net. Block/reduce usage of sites that are abt mindless consumption (hacker news encourages mindless consumption

No magic bullet but I changed what I do on the net. Block/reduce usage of sites that are abt mindless consumption (hacker news encourages mindless consumption too - I don't really need to see most of the stuff that shows up here surrounding the tech stuff I care about) Stopped using YouTube/Reddit/FB which I think has helped. Twitter I still find useful but I Enable it only on the weekends for few hrs to catch up with messages and ppls feeds. Also blocked most news sites (nytimes/CNN/fox/wapo/bbc...basically any news site where they threw opinion/infotainment at me on the side panels or prominently on main page). It was too addictive for me. So I just blocked them in my Host file. I use Steve blacks big list on github. I scatter multiple entries for the same site throughout the file so its a pain to unblock even if I feel an urge. The consequence is I end up getting most of my news on sites (from Canada, Ireland, Japan etc) where the opinions are about things I have no great interest in and find it easier to skip over. Basically control your daily info flow. Just like food don't over consume. The sites are designed to capture your attention and keep you feeling helpless to sell ads.