April 16, 2018

Хинт: не прекращать читать новости, а читать с задержкой. Самое важное все равно просочится в поле зрения, а тревог будет меньше.

[…] After I’d done this for a while, it struck me that it’s essentially what I’d been doing for years with especially persistent personal worries: I’d make an entry in my calendar two or three weeks from today, and resolve not to fret about the matter till then. In almost every case, by the time the date rolled around, the issue seemed absurd. Everyone tells you to live in the moment – but there’s much to be said for putting the moment off for a few days.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/06/how-to-handle-headline-anxiety-take-time-reading-news-oliver-burkeman

Headlines making you anxious? Delay reading them | Oliver Burkeman

There’s a trick to staying calm but well-informed: take your time catching up with the news