How to turn off time-limited events

Some of us weren't even given an option. I clicked on the checkmark, just to learn more about it. I had no idea that by doing so it would automatically opt me into this annoyance. It's disruptive to my gameplay. I'm very busy writing a story that I share with others. Diverting my time away from that even for a quick let's-get-it-done, throwaway save isn't an option. Also, the only way to foreseeably remove it from the game, also removes access to the Gallery, I have sadly discovered. This whole thing is unconscionable.