Staying Informed vs. Over-Consuming The News

How do you see us handling this? Because I find myself sort of in almost an addictive pattern of checking the New York Times and checking the news. I don't watch TV, but I just check all the media and read the articles. And I don't know if that's a good thing. I feel like I need to know enough, but I think it's overwhelming. My wife calls it doom surfing. And do we just try to limit it? How do we manage this? Because it's not going away. it's every day there's something else. And, well, every.

Expert I've talked to basically says consuming this too much and too often is a no-no. I mean, it's just gonna, I mean, I don't know about you, Mark, because you're a doctor and you've dealt with all this a lot. And so I'd be interested in knowing how your mental state is dealing with this because, this is what you do, you know, this is what you care about, what you're passionate about is medicine. And so, I'll ask you in a minute, but I think all the experts basically say, you know, you can't have a steady diet of this. It's just going to send your anxiety levels through the roof.