I realized a while ago that a good 90%+ of news stories are about a) things that affect my life in 0 way whatsoever and b) things that I have absolutely no cont

I realized a while ago that a good 90%+ of news stories are about a) things that affect my life in 0 way whatsoever and b) things that I have absolutely no control over. I thought, if something fits these two criteria then what exactly is the point in me spending time reading about it? So I no longer read the news.