The other day, I was watching videos on YouTube, as I’m prone to do, and I came across a video of an elderly man sharing advice to younger generations.
Would love to hear more about your choices in curating feeds and content. It’s certainly something I resonate with as a way of bringing back our attention. Alongside doing the inner work to find the part of me that gets drawn in.
It’s difficult and, honestly, I’m not great at it. I use web-blockers for news websites and Reddit (my biggest source of information overwhelm). For Youtube, I try to use it only for tutorials, docu-style videos and music so I flag as not interested videos that I can see will pull me where I don’t want to go.
But, as you said, the biggest thing is to become aware of the tendencies that pull me in. Often, it’s tiredness or an avoidance of some kind.
Newness is always stimulating and I’m trying to understand that need without necessarily giving in to it.
Would love to hear more about your choices in curating feeds and content. It’s certainly something I resonate with as a way of bringing back our attention. Alongside doing the inner work to find the part of me that gets drawn in.
It’s difficult and, honestly, I’m not great at it. I use web-blockers for news websites and Reddit (my biggest source of information overwhelm). For Youtube, I try to use it only for tutorials, docu-style videos and music so I flag as not interested videos that I can see will pull me where I don’t want to go.
But, as you said, the biggest thing is to become aware of the tendencies that pull me in. Often, it’s tiredness or an avoidance of some kind.
Newness is always stimulating and I’m trying to understand that need without necessarily giving in to it.
How about you?