The online space really is the world on steroids: every temptation louder, every distraction sharper.
That’s why we can’t just drift in without discipline. The monks knew that if you exposed yourself to the world without rules, you’d dissolve into chaos. So they wrote rules of life: when to eat, when to pray, when to work, when to rest. Not because life was bad, but because its intensity needed a frame. Social media is no different. Without curating, fasting, resting, and re-centering, it devours us.
What you’ve sketched here feels like a kind of digital monastic rule. Practices to keep attention from scattering, and to turn the screen from a pit of thorns into a garden where something meaningful can grow.
Yes to every word of that. Just keep allocating time and attention to what matters and what works and starve everything else of resources. They all want to get paid with attention; pay only what serves you well.
The online space really is the world on steroids: every temptation louder, every distraction sharper.
That’s why we can’t just drift in without discipline. The monks knew that if you exposed yourself to the world without rules, you’d dissolve into chaos. So they wrote rules of life: when to eat, when to pray, when to work, when to rest. Not because life was bad, but because its intensity needed a frame. Social media is no different. Without curating, fasting, resting, and re-centering, it devours us.
What you’ve sketched here feels like a kind of digital monastic rule. Practices to keep attention from scattering, and to turn the screen from a pit of thorns into a garden where something meaningful can grow.
'The world on steroids'. Great description. And other drugs too lol.
Well how could I disagree with any of this? My mantra for the last 5.5 years has been “Stay Sane.” Thanks for being consistently sane, Zuby!
Sanity is good!
Yes to every word of that. Just keep allocating time and attention to what matters and what works and starve everything else of resources. They all want to get paid with attention; pay only what serves you well.
Information diet is just as important as physical diet. Sound in mind, sound in body.
Very well thought out. Thank you for your thoughts. I plan on sharing this with my 12 yo son.