Your experiment is exactly what my experience has been. The fast-changing news overflow everyday naturally lends the feeling of inner turmoil.

I am happy to not have any smartphone, TV or Facebook anymore. The only website I am now effectively visiting is pretty much Steem, and here I either create or comment. Steem and readily available cryptocurrency is a wonderful project to be part of, yet even knowing that, the moment I entered I had already been anticipating the day when I would let go all of this and experience the next adventure in my life, hopefully without AI :)