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Hi, I'm Craig, and I am an information junkie. Iām hooked and it's wrecking my mind while I believe it's good for me. Imagine being an info junkie swimming in an ocean of info š¤Æ Finding information is easy, filtering it has now become key.
Here are 6 symptoms I observed:
(find my solutions afterward)
1. Constantly multitasking
I always have a video or podcast running if it's possible for me to focus (enough) on what Iām doing AND listen at the same time.
(This is in opposition to presence, what I believe to be most important)
2. Difficulty focusing on one task or project for a set timeframe without allowing or seeking extra streams of information:
- Unmanaged notifications
- Compulsive checking phone
- Resisting putting phone out of sight and silenced (when possible)
- Random googles mid-task
3. Difficulty in committing to one mission
- Instead, I'm searching for that next piece of information that will change everything.
- Repeatedly thinking I need to be doing something other than what I am because I keep listening to too many different amazing things happening.
4. A form of paralysis by analysis - too much consumption not enough production.
5. My general Craving for sensation (cause of suffering) has increased because of this perpetual hyperstimulation.
My 3 strategies to Change this follow
[inspired by Tiagoās work @fortelabs in Building a Second Brain (BASB)]
1. Does this support any of my current projects?
Is it actionable and relevant, connecting my consumption to my actual present reality feels like a step closer to living rather than escaping
2. Does this help me solve one of the twelve favourite problems I care about?
āYou have to keep a dozen of your favourite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state...ā - Richard Feynman
3. Does it resonate with me intuitively?
We discussed this at length in the most recent BASB, Iām trusting my gut, my intuition, subconscious mind and the wisdom of my entire body. Iām feeling it. This is a skill many of us havenāt honed and will need practice.