I touched on this a little before:
https://www.mattsoreco.com/mind-body-and-spirit/
https://www.mattsoreco.com/the-internet-and-mobile-are-destroying-our-brains/
https://www.mattsoreco.com/first-successful-30-day-challenge/
There have been ebbs and flows with my discipline. I still contend (I’m not justifying “failures”!!!) that although I didn’t achieve all of my 2012 resolutions or my more purposely-vague-2013 no-so-resolutions, the introspection involved refocused and reset my overall trajectory. And I’ve made some significant improvements. What do I have to show for it? Perhaps more clarity and a lot less stress. Next step: step out of my comfort zone and make more of the added bandwidth.
I don’t beat myself up over “failures,” mistakes, and slip-ups anymore. They are all learning experiences. I find the easier I am on myself, the more aware I am BEFORE I repeat the same mistake again.
One thing I kind of let slip… The garbage in / garbage out theory. Consume garbage, produce garbage. I’m talking about the intellectual type here, although a true analogy is you are what you eat.
During the last 2-3 weeks, I took out the scalpel and cut out most time wasters. Things that add no value to my life and only serve to occupy what seems to be merely idle time. That idle time, however, can make or break my overall mindset. The science behind it is out there.
Out:
- Constant checking of Twitter for the 1/100,000,000 chance I find a golden nugget of good info. a.k.a. fear of missing out.
- Same for Facebook. Once a day is enough.
- Same for Google+
- Funny videos on YouTube.
- Aimless internet/YouTube searching.
- Aimless TV channel surfing.
- Unproductive daydreaming.
In:
- Industry, in my case marketing, podcasts.
- Creative podcasts and blogs.
- Entrepreneurial podcasts and blogs.
- Try new things.
- Productive daydreaming.
See left sidebar for links to said resources.
Since refocusing on focus (Yogi Berra would be proud of that one) and filling my head with good stuff, I’ve been able to think more clearly at work, feel more on top of my game, articulate complex points better, etc. The difference is profound. Their are downstream consequences of junk food of the mind–for me.
I hope to continue to post more to the blog also.