https://qz.com/1222019/stop-reading-the-latest-news-if-you-want-to-be-better-informed/

He’s not trying to catch up but to check and see which of the many headlines turned out to be relevant a few weeks or a month later. 

Watson advises that we randomly pick up books and magazines, and strike up conversations with strangers.

Watson especially recommends perusing weekend editions of quality newspapers.

…relevant information makes its way to us, and that much of what we fuss over daily is just stuff that will soon be forgotten.

A great read. My actions just now:
Removed 80% RSS feeds.
Disabled Retweets for all followings.
Unsubscribed/marked as spam except must have emails.
Turned off notifications for most of the apps.
Check personal email three times a day. (morning, noon, and evening)