@hankgreen was talking about how we simply must TAKE BACK OUR ATTENTION, and I deeply resonated. We are being hounded, clawed at by stimuli online and offline. We must choose where our attention goes. Intentionally. Carefully. I choose my creations. I choose my community. I choose my cup of tea.
@hankgreen was talking about how we simply must TAKE BACK OUR ATTENTION, and I deeply resonated. We are being hounded, clawed at by stimuli online and offline. We must choose where our attention goes. Intentionally. Carefully. I choose my creations. I choose my community. I choose my cup of tea.
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by attending to any of these deliberately selected targets, or even making a conscious decision to “veg out” for a spell, you would have had a far better experience than many of us have much of the time, captured by whatever flotsam and jetsam happens to wash up on our mental shores. In short, to enjoy the kind of experience you want rather than en
... See moreAn attention ecology goes against the idea of an attention economy, in which one’s attention is directly monetized and pitted against other things that are also meant to co-opt your attention.
Within the architecture of a project, whether it’s a printed piece or a website or something else, we’re always trying to deeply consider how one’s atte
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Attention is the only thing we truly possess. Whatever we pay attention to is a kind of food. By paying attention to something, we accept its imprint and it becomes part of ourselves. To offer something for another person’s attention is not a trivial act. ~ Charles Eisenstein
Deep attention is good for the soul.
Skillful management of attention is the indispensable condition of the good life and the key to improving every aspect of your experience.. What do you choose to focus on, and what do you choose to ignore? Attention defines your life in many ways.
