From a column in the business section of today's New York Times:
Some of the news this month has been so stressful that many of us have needed reminders to unclench our jaws and stop staring at our screens.
In my recent column about creating a digital detox plan, I outlined methods like setting no-phone zones in the home — keep devices out of the bedroom! — and turning off app notifications. Some of us might need more extreme measures, like restricting access to the news.
For example, you can temporarily block your smartphone from accessing certain websites and apps, such as Twitter, CNN and even The New York Times — whatever may trap you in anever ending cycle of bingeing on doom and gloom....Temporarily blocking access makes it just a bit harder to check the news, which helps break the compulsive desire to doomscroll. Try these steps when you need a breather, like on the weekends or during dinner.
This is a great idea. Skip the New York Times for the entire weekend. Better yet, skip it for an even longer period of time. It's actually kind of funny to see the Times issuing indications like some leak of documents from a tobacco or sugary beverage or fossil fuel company—the company knows that its product is unhealthy for you, and some farsighted employees want to help consumers gradually wean themselves off the product, but the company hasn't quite figured out how it will make money or what it will sell instead once people figure out that its main product is harmful.