For years, I was interested in journalism, and used to read/speed-read many newspapers per day. It was a great education in multiple ways. But also it wore on

For years, I was interested in journalism, and used to read/speed-read many newspapers per day. It was a great education in multiple ways. But also it wore on me, because I had more awareness than the average person of things going on, and I felt like I needed to do something about it, but I couldn't. I eventually took a break from any news exposure at all, then gently added back in a front page skim of a high-quality outlet or two, then shifted for awhile to Reddit front page, then faded back out to zero. At the moment, I'm unlikely to hear about a current news event unless it's alluded to on HN or (this is awful) LinkedIn. News-related stress now is mostly limited to ridiculous situations in tech industry (we've become the coked-up sociopaths field, a bit like 1980s Wall Street stereotypes used to be), and very local news situations that affect me in noticeable ways (e.g., housing, noise pollution).