It seems like a vicious cycle of anxiety. Make a serious effort to limit your news consumption to maybe a few quick glances a day. If you're glued to the news,

It seems like a vicious cycle of anxiety. Make a serious effort to limit your news consumption to maybe a few quick glances a day. If you're glued to the news, you'll notice that 90% of them are the same, so it's a more efficient use of your attention to check them 90% less. Many people, like me, fell in the trap of getting "hyperinformed" during COVID, only to find out staying on the bleeding edge of an evolving situation is like having another full-time job. Excessive infotainment only heightens anxiety.