I tend to avoid reading, or watching the news, I used to until I noticed my happiness level went below my own threshold. If I could get a newspaper delivered that only had the funnies in it, I'd be all over it.
As for rituals, Coffee yes. Every morning! Sometimes evening time as well. Mornings are usually taking kids to school, my work hours are sporadic at best, so I suppose that breaks up my day to day rituals, aside from my mornings and evenings.
enflicted, I had to put myself on a news diet and not constantly go chase headlines. It does have an effect! Oh man, funnies only newspaper - that would be solid.
As long as you can curb the news intake, but still follow current events, more power to you! I can go a week of watching or reading the news, and usually by the end of that week, I tell myself - "ok im good for a few months" lol
Thanks, I appreciate the support! I will be focusing more on content so people actually have something to do.