“Every time you revisit a particular thought loop, you're voting for it to become your default operating system.” https://t.co/IwnwIC05HA
“Every time you revisit a particular thought loop, you're voting for it to become your default operating system.” https://t.co/IwnwIC05HA
It’s widely believed that 90-95% of the thoughts people experience are repeated thoughts from the previous day. And many of those repeated thoughts are unhealthy ones. I believe this repetition occurs when we become unaware of our attention’s whereabouts. When left unchecked, our attention gravitates towards the dark place in our mind where bad tho... See more
Jen Hitze • Attention, Distraction, and Your Responsibility
obsessionally attached, non self-aware mind-wandering with no interrupt mechanisms (Ctrl-Z for you programmers), is bad.
Venkatesh Rao • Make Your Own Rules
You’re probably familiar with this, at least to some degree: You have a weird or highly unlikely thought that evokes a deep sense of dread, fear, and series of “doomsday” scenarios in your head. You then keep coming back to it to the point that it even controls some part of your life.