No news over Christmas

I am a political person. Not actively, but interested. On a regular day, I check the news a couple of times a day.

The one thing I miss about Twitter is that when using it, I felt ahead of the curve on what was going on in the world. Newspapers are slower. I had to adjust to this, but see the benefit: I am not stressed about every little thing anymore, when read what makes it into the news a couple of days later.

Over the holidays, I tried a more extreme approach. I check the news once per day. In the morning. Mainly skimming the teasers, reading one or two complete articles.

And I have to admit. This really did me good. The transition from a stressful work week to come down into Christmas mood takes a few days, if not the whole week - but not this year. Disconnecting myself from the world, being present in the moment with my family, a true game changer.

Something to repeat next year.