I get a newspaper delivered every day (weekend edition on Saturday). I have found it far healthier than consuming news online (although I do come here for tech

I get a newspaper delivered every day (weekend edition on Saturday). I have found it far healthier than consuming news online (although I do come here for tech tidbits). I also subscribe to a few magazines on different subjects, which I probably find more impactful. Moving back to physical objects for these things has been a real joy. It makes reading news a deliberate act, not a temptation, and also removes the ability to fall too far down rabbit holes. There's also no need to engage too much decision making about content, jumping around, queuing up tabs, deciding what's most important. Just read front to back and skip if you're bored. I also find solving a cryptic crossword on paper with a pencil to be one of the highlights of my day - something for me, by me, where I don't feel I'm in competition with the whole world (which I do if I'm solving chess puzzles online or during the period Wordle was a thing etc). The most important change for me, however I choose to consume news, is quitting social media. Not being exposed to the Twitter issue of the day, the hysterical overreaction and the hysterical counter-reaction, means that I no longer feel the need to be angry about something all the time. I'll still grumble about particular developments, but I don't feel the need to have a take. I'll contextualise things and move on, unless I think it'd be interesting to my wife or kids.