I found my own recipe to fight back the attention economy.
First I gave up on motivation. You just can't win that battle against the GAFAM who employ the best mind in the world to focus on empowering marketing gurus to make us consume even more content.
They've hacked our brains. Period.
So here is how I choose to tackle this : strict web and app filtering. With the help of tools as I can't rely on my monkey brain :
ColdTurkey.com
Freedom.to
I felt deprived at first, but it's just impossible to consume web content, you adapt.
Out of deprivation and boredom I started reading books instead of news, I started going to the gym, connecting with friends for real, coding more. Out of boredom.
In retrospect, I believe I found a sustainable system that supports my growth.
I deeply understand that struggle.
I found my own recipe to fight back the attention economy.
First I gave up on motivation. You just can't win that battle against the GAFAM who employ the best mind in the world to focus on empowering marketing gurus to make us consume even more content.
They've hacked our brains. Period.
So here is how I choose to tackle this : strict web and app filtering. With the help of tools as I can't rely on my monkey brain :
I felt deprived at first, but it's just impossible to consume web content, you adapt.
Out of deprivation and boredom I started reading books instead of news, I started going to the gym, connecting with friends for real, coding more. Out of boredom.
In retrospect, I believe I found a sustainable system that supports my growth.
Thanks for the resources and for sharing your story!