Current Affairs

It's difficult to break habits of a lifetime.  And if you're happy and content with those habits, then you don't feel a need to change them.  But what if they are perceived as confusing, disturbing and unhealthy by others?  Then should you change your habits even if you don't want to?  I consider an addiction, maybe even an obsession, with news and current affairs to be such an example.  Why get one newspaper a day, when you can get 3?  Perhaps all sharing the same political leanings.  Why watch one news program a day, when you can watch 3 (on top of numerous news updates and discussion on the radio)?  All on the same network.  Not to say a continuous news feed available whenever you want from your phone.  This level of intake is not rationale, nor logical, nor sensible.  These are just the same daily news stories getting recycled and regurgitated over and over and over again.  And, for the most part, the importance of these stories is minimal at best and their negativity very dispiriting and depressing.  Which is why I seriously limit my input -  and why I think other people should as well.  I know they won't, but they should.  You don't need to watch and listen to such a large overlap of information to be informed about the world around you - and don't get me wrong, you need to be informed in this age of Trump and Brexit.  But one newspaper and one evening news program should be more than sufficient for this.