it’s about taking back control of your attention
by Kojo · updated 1mo ago
it’s about taking back control of your attention
- Our mind is a contested bit of territory, with many people seeking to control what we call “the empire between your ears” in The Girl Who Would Be Free. Why? Because your brain, your attention, is valuable. People want you to think about certain things and not think about certain things–because it’s good for business, because it makes you easier to... See more
from Do You Dominate The Battlespace?
Kojo added 3mo ago
- The sensation is one of wandering aimlessly, picking up and putting down partly-interesting objects with a sense of generalized indifference. I started noticing something else, too: the impulses powering my behavior weren’t even articulated. The reason for checking and scrolling was rarely in response to an actual inquiry.
from The Ecology of Attention by Lia Purpura
Kojo added 2mo ago
- No matter how much time I spend catching up on all the interesting links in my inbox, the Internet generates content way faster than I am able to consume it.
from Check Your Pulse #43 by Sari Azout
Kojo added 4mo ago
To return to information overload: this means treating your "to read" pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which demands that you empty it). After all, you presumably don't feel overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not because t
... See morefrom Treat Your to-Read Pile Like a River, Not a Bucket by oliverburkeman.com
Kojo added 4mo ago
Your attention is valuable and helps to create your experience of life.
from Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold by Julie Smith
Kojo added 4mo ago
- "Paying rapt attention, whether to a trout stream or a novel, a do-it-yourself project or a prayer, increases your capacity for concentration, expands your inner boundaries, and lifts your spirits, but more important, it simply makes you feel that life is worth living." (Winifred Gallagher, Rapt)
Kojo added 4mo ago
- Because attention is scarce, it is valuable. Every media organization — big or small, reputable or untrustworthy — is using every tactic at hand to engage us.
They need our attention to sell ads and subscriptions, to create value for their brands so we will become loyal consumers of their products.Kojo added 3mo ago
- When we are grieving record stores, mixtapes, old-school romance, and friends goofing around in ‘90s high schools, what are we actually grieving? Delayed gratification. Deeper connection. Play and fun. Risk and thrill. Life with less obsessive self-scrutiny. These are things we can reclaim—if we remember what they are worth and roll back the phone-... See more
Kojo added 4mo ago
Since hard choices are unavoidable, what matters is learning to make them consciously, deciding what to focus on and what to neglect, rather than letting them get made by default—or deceiving yourself that, with enough hard work and the right time management tricks, you might not have to make them at all.
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Kojo added 4mo ago