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The most impactful change in my life ("life hack" if you will) was when I stopped reading/watching/listening to news entirely, and I soon after deactivated my F
by snaek 5y ago
The most impactful change in my life ("life hack" if you will) was when I stopped reading/watching/listening to news entirely, and I soon after deactivated my Facebook account. Significantly reduced my stress almost immediately.
The truly important news still reach me through friends and colleagues or random chance. The rest, all the useless or depressing stuff is filtered out.
- leros 5y agoSwitching to reading a weekly physical paper news source has been really nice. It limits my time reading the news while still allowing me to be up to date on big stories. Plus a physical paper encourages me to read outside my usual areas.
- 0x008 5y agoIt is stunning how 100% of all news is just clickbait with doomsday vibes trying to get you to engage. Even the most reputed news outlets.
- nbst 5y agoAh yes, the "ignorance is bliss" approach.
- 0x008 5y agoAccording to news the world was constantly going to end from the 70s onwards through today. I don’t think anyone would’ve missed much by ignoring the news.