Great article about, well, it's hard to describe. Filtering information, maybe? I have done a lot of what the author suggests for years, so I tend not to get my panties in a bind very often.
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-information-diet/http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-information-diet/
Found on Claire Wolfe's blog. She finds a lot of interesting stuff...