I used to listen to the whole of Today on BBC Radio 4, every day. Plus Any Questions and watch Question Time, News Night etc on the TV. I quit, and now other t

I used to listen to the whole of Today on BBC Radio 4, every day. Plus Any Questions and watch Question Time, News Night etc on the TV. I quit, and now other than a 5 minute scan of the BBC News Website occasionally, I am news free. I know the important stuff, such as the ending of Covid restrictions in the UK and the invasion of provinces in Ukraine, but I don't dive deeply into the articles, or do any wider reading. The reason for my switching off from the news, is that there is bugger all I can do about it, other than voting once every five years, or becoming an activist. I don't have the time or energy to campaign as an activist on issues I care about. I have a family to look after and a job to maintain. My priorities are selfish. Voting for me, is a waste of time (although I always do vote). I live in a Tory county, and my vote counts for nothing without proportional representation (which I voted for, but did not happen). What's the point of digesting news. I learn stuff that mostly has little impact on my life, and when it does have an impact, there's nothing I can do about it. My quality of life is certainly better since I cut back on digesting the news, in any form, other than this site.