I used to intentionally be an optimist. In a period of my life I felt like you do now, and guess what? I've been using too much news. Now I'm back to my normal.

I used to intentionally be an optimist. In a period of my life I felt like you do now, and guess what? I've been using too much news. Now I'm back to my normal. I find lots of solid advice in other replies, but I add: -Read or listen to the book "Factfulness". Or if you are impatient, read a summary of it. You'll get a much better sense of the bigger picture. News systematically emphasize bad events. This is not due to a conspiracy, it's a result of interaction of multiple factors: 1-Progress is steady and slow while disasters are sudden and newsworthy. (Mostly) 2-People tend to care more about bad news. This creates a vicious cycle between news publishers and consumers and bad news get more and more attention. 3-Same thing happens in social media. Over the past few years I've stopped using news and most of social media. The only communities I interact with are a few Whatsapp/Telegram groups of my real friends, and Hacker News. Please don't forget to check "Factfulness"