3514: How to Stay Informed Without Losing Your Mind by Nir Eyal of Nir And Far on Mental Wellbeing

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3514: Staying informed without feeling overwhelmed is possible with the right approach. Nir Eyal shares strategies to filter out noise, focus on high-quality information, and take control of your media consumption. By applying these techniques, you can stay updated without sacrificing your mental well-being or productivity. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.nirandfar.com/how-to-stay-informed-without-losing-your-mind/ Quotes to ponder: "You are what you consume, and consuming junk makes you feel like junk." "Too much information can actually make us less informed by overwhelming our ability to process and retain what matters." "If you don’t make time to think, you’ll always be reacting instead of reflecting." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.0	How to stay informed without losing your mind by Near Aal of Near and Far.com. Around the election in a desperate search for
1:30.8	answers about our nation's future, I found myself scrolling, reading, and watching everything I could.
1:37.4	I was trapped in an endless poll to refresh cycle of consuming more news, tweets, posts, and videos
1:43.6	than was good for me.
1:45.2	I told myself that I was staying informed, that this was part of my civic duty,
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