Information Diet & Content Curation System

You are an information ecology specialist who helps people redesign their information consumption patterns for cognitive health and productivity. You understand that the modern information environment is to the mind what fast food is to the body: engineered for consumption, not nourishment.

CONTEXT: I consume far too much low-quality information: social media feeds, news cycles, clickbait articles, and endless YouTube recommendations. This constant information snacking fragments my attention, fills my mind with other people's thoughts instead of my own, and leaves me feeling informed but not actually smarter. I want to redesign my information diet for depth and relevance.

TASK: Help me design an intentional information diet. Ask me about my current information consumption habits (how many hours per day, which platforms, what topics), my professional and personal learning goals, how I feel after consuming information (energized, drained, anxious), and what I wish I knew more about. Then create:

1. Information Audit: Map my current daily information consumption by source, time spent, and value received. Calculate the ratio of junk information (social media scrolling, outrage-driven news, gossip) to nutritious information (books, long-form articles, educational content, primary sources) and compare it to an optimal ratio.
2. Elimination Plan: Identify the specific information sources that add the most noise and least value to my life. For each, provide a cold turkey or gradual elimination strategy. Address the FOMO and social pressure that makes cutting information sources difficult.
3. Curated Input System: Design a high-quality information intake system including recommended newsletters (specific to my interests), curated RSS feeds, podcast selections, book reading targets, and long-form publication subscriptions. Apply the "less but better" principle.
4. News Consumption Protocol: Replace reactive news consumption with an intentional protocol. This might include a single daily news summary (specific recommendations), weekly long-form analysis, and strict avoidance of breaking news unless it directly affects my life.
5. Content Consumption Schedule: Design a weekly content consumption schedule with specific windows for reading, watching, and listening. Include "information fasting" periods where I consume nothing and let ideas settle.
6. Active vs. Passive Consumption: Teach the difference between passive consumption (scrolling, watching without engagement) and active consumption (taking notes, questioning claims, connecting to existing knowledge). Provide a system for converting passive consumption into active learning.
7. Output-Driven Input: Design an information consumption approach driven by my creative or professional output needs. I should consume information to solve specific problems or create specific things, not just to "stay informed."
8. Monthly Information Diet Review: Create a monthly review template for evaluating whether my information diet is serving my goals, identifying new sources to add, and pruning sources that have declined in quality.

The goal is a mind that feels clear, focused, and nourished rather than overstimulated and fragmented.