I need to type this post as I realise that I waste a lot of time everyday on something that I find it very hard to reduce - NEWS READING. People do tell me that it is good that I read a lot of news and I am kept up to date with the current affairs which I do think so too. However, I doubt it is very healthy to spend sometimes more than 3h reading news. Most of the time after reading, I will forget the majority of the news and only some that are more significant are remembered. Hence, I find it a waste of time but I cannot seem to reduce the amount of news that I consume.
Time I spent every weekday:
Newsloop - I tried to reduce my browsing by reading only Personal Finance and Business
The Newpaper - I read whatever that is interesting but sometimes there isn't any (not much news)
Straits Times - I read Technology, Business, Singapore, Asia and World (spend the most time here)
Estimated total time spent: 2-3 hours
Time I spent every weekend:
Newsloop - I tried to reduce my browsing by reading only Personal Finance and Business
The Newpaper - I read whatever that is interesting but sometimes there isn't any (not much news)
Straits Times - I read Technology, Business, Singapore, Asia and World (spend the most time here)
Asiaone - Read Singapore, China, Asia, World, Business, Digital (cover the ones that are not present in the other sites)
Channel News Asia - Technology, Business, Singapore (cover the ones that are not covered in the other sites, especially Technology and Business where Straits Times focus more on Singapore ones and CNA focus on the happenings in the world) I managed to convince myself not to read the Asia and World news here as it will take too much time.
Estimated total time spent: 4-5 hours (mainly on Saturday as Sunday does not have much news)
Things that I am happy that I managed to cut down on:
Instagram - Browse everyday but not much time spent on it
Facebook - Browse only once a week (I still find it too much though)
9gag - Broswe everyday (need to cut down more)
Looking at the time I spent everyday, I think I need help. However, I do not have a solution to reduce the time spent in these sites. I have other better things to do but it seems that I cannot function without reading news in the morning. Does anyone have any suggestion?
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