Yes. I’ve wanted to do it since the Covid era, but recently cut the cord fully by blocking all news sites on all devices and at routers etc. I already barely used social media but curtailed that even further.
Within about 48 hours of doing it I felt much more relaxed and at ease. My screen time is at all time low and I’m more present and interested in more productive things.
Most of the news today is nonsense - negative, biased, agenda driven, vacuous speculation or designed to provoke a click and a response. I’ll happily trade off being slightly less informed to ignore all of that garbage.
I also agree with the current top poster that I cannot influence the situations on the news, and am unlikely to do anything different after reading it. The mental cost and time invested in it has zero personal benefit.
Within about 48 hours of doing it I felt much more relaxed and at ease. My screen time is at all time low and I’m more present and interested in more productive things.
Most of the news today is nonsense - negative, biased, agenda driven, vacuous speculation or designed to provoke a click and a response. I’ll happily trade off being slightly less informed to ignore all of that garbage.
I also agree with the current top poster that I cannot influence the situations on the news, and am unlikely to do anything different after reading it. The mental cost and time invested in it has zero personal benefit.