How do you follow news without drowning in it?

[Jacob_69]

I keep swinging between two bad states. Either I follow everything and feel a low hum of dread all day, or I go cold turkey and end up genuinely uninformed about things that affect me. Neither feels like a sensible adult approach

The 24 hour cycle is designed to make everything feel urgent, when in reality most stories change very little between morning and evening. I suspect the answer is deliberately slowing down, but a weekly digest feels irresponsible when big things move fast

How do you actually manage this? Specific routines welcome, not just vibes. I want to know what you read, when, and how you decided what to cut