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How to Pay Attention Again
the discomfort will shift to stillness. and that stillness? it’s expansive
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
Yes, it can feel overwhelming to realize we’re the ones steering the ship. But it’s also deeply empowering. It means we get to choose - where we look, what we nourish, how we return to ourselves.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
In a world where attention is monetized, captured, and manipulated - reclaiming it is an act of resistance.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
dopamine isn’t just about pleasure; it’s about anticipation . In other words, it’s the thrill of what might be next that hooks you.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
This loss of agency over our own attention that many of us are experiencing is not about willpower. It’s about neuroscience
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
We’re spending more and more time on things, while feeling less and less in them.
Our presence is scattered, our focus fractured; and it often feels like a personal failing.
But attention is a limited resource. And it’s being constantly pulled (hijacked, really) by an ecosystem built to monetize distraction.
Our presence is scattered, our focus fractured; and it often feels like a personal failing.
But attention is a limited resource. And it’s being constantly pulled (hijacked, really) by an ecosystem built to monetize distraction.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
Attention has become a currency. Every platform, ad, and algorithm is designed to compete for it. Not just to catch our eye, but to keep it. And they’re really, really good at it.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
nd yet . At the end of the day, attention is still ours. No matter how many forces try to seize it, shape it, or sell it - our attention begins and ends with us. We are the only ones who can reclaim it. That’s our responsibility. And that’s also our power.
yana yuhai • How to Pay Attention Again
Attention is presence. And presence isn’t just powerful, it can be radical. In a world where attention is monetized, captured, and manipulated - reclaiming it is an act of resistance.