There is so much information flow that it is possible to spend hours and hours on end reading the news. Curious as to how long you allocate to consuming news? if applicable, do you have a way of keeping track of the news that you have read?
I’ll go first: I have personally found myself almost overwhelmed by the 10+ newsletters I received daily, plus all the news I would consume through the FT, Apple News and updates throughout the day. I recently figured that I spend at least 3 hours every day just consuming news. I decided to track that so that time will at least be somewhat worthwhile - so I now use Twitter to add a few lines about my thoughts or the key points of a certain article.
Looking forward to hearing your news-consumption habits.
Pre-covid days, I read 1-2 FT main page articles in the morning, glimpse the others I find interesting/relevant
as news comes throughout the day, I just read headlines and gloss over unless it's pertinent
spend 0-2~ hours max reading the news on a given day
Do you take notes and study it or just more of a glance?
i take notes depending on the news, but more often than not i just read and let it sink in my brain, then see how what i read yesterday/last week/last month ties into whats happening today/what will happen tomorrow/etc
I typically take notes as well and have a news word of the day to think about. Then I also think of a word of the week and month to put things into focus. I get each word of the year tattooed on my butt. I have quite the collection.
Usually read/skim Axios/WSJ newsletters while I take my morning shit then I browse push notifications/websites for any interesting articles throughout the day. All in i'd say somewhere between 30 minutes and 2hrs depending on the quality of news and my current level of boredom.
I also receive what has at this point become an overwhelming number of email newsletters daily and feel like there's so much in there that I don't actually absorb most of what I read (and thus making it a waste of time), so I really like your idea about using twitter to comment on certain articles -- do you do that on your primary/social twitter or have a separate page just for that/for your own reference that nobody else really follows?
Thanks. I didn't have Twitter before, so this 'news account' is technically my primary one. The account is private and it only has a handful of people following it (just a few friends that want to piggyback off my reading!). Would recommend it, as it is easy to scroll back and see what you tweeted about last week, for example, to recall something.
Out of curiosity, what email newsletters do you receive and read?
Gotcha, I might start doing that. I receive Money Stuff, Pitchbook PE, NYT Dealbook, WSJ Markets, Bullpen News, Term Sheet, and WSJ 10 Point (which is just a general news overview that I only really skim for important political/world news)
That's interesting. A few mentors of mine have the view that the news is actually really yesterday's news, and keeping up with it avidly is somewhat a waste of time. (I personally find that some accounts on Twitter are more direct sources of news than traditional media).
I don't like Tim Ferriss
1-2 hours a day mainly with FT, Bloomberg, The Economist, BBC, NYTimes, Axios, WaPo, Politico, and The Atlantic.
Yes I feel that you can literally be on the news all day if you want. I personally found that after a few years of reading almost everything I developed a good sense of what article is worth a read. I'd say just by reading the headlines of the majority of the news is decent unless there's something specifically interest you. I'd rathe spend more time reading books now.
30 mins ft+bloomberg max in the morning
Bloomberg is losing quality though imo, lots of sensationalism and clickbait these days
all the INFLATION IS COMING, IS IT INFLATION OR DEFLATION, and HYPERINFLATION IS HERE articles need to stop
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