![]() ![]() (Fun fact: even your thumb swipe is being studied, down to the very things you slow down on while you're scrolling through social media. Our minds are starving for silence and we don't even know it because our world is so noisy, fast, and full of everyone and everything we want, right at the swipe of a thumb. When building a brand, you're living from a place of needing affirmation and engagement to bring self-fulfillment. Everything on and off your phone flows from that security. Your mind ✓ When building a life, you're living from a quite mind that is firmly rooted in who you are, your belonging. They mean we are strong, smart & healthy.įrom our January email Building a Life, Not a Brand. When we can move toward healthy limits with our phones our brains will thank us. Or, when we're living our moment, whether it's cooking dinner, working, talking to the kids, and a text comes in, our life stops and we pick up someone else's schedule that they are on, while ours takes a back seat.Īctually evaluating the important disruptions that we should tend to vs. the distracting disruptions that can be set aside for the time being is valuable work. ![]() "Sorry, I didn't see your message until just now. Like we're actually on the time table of someone else's life. Many of us apologize now when we read a text and reply later than when it came in. This is a reality for so many of us.īut statistically, most of the time we're not contacting people on our phones. (You can see on your screen-time settings, what you use your phone for most.) Many times we are using it for other purposes, but we are neurologically attached relationally to keep it with us at all times. Parents away from kids, spouses and partners away from one another, suicidal friends at risk, work, school, travel, co-parenting, family members battling illness, hospital calls. "How can I take time for myself and my mental health if I need to be available at all times for my colleagues to contact me? We're working on very important projects and they need to get ahold of me all hours of the day and night? I can't be away from my phone." This is actually a very common conundrum and I have this conversation often. I was speaking at a digital health training last weekend when I was asked a question by a college intern. Using research-based tools for digital flourishing we are going to look at why our minds are so scattered right now and how to make steps toward a healthier brain. Yep, school is canceled.Ģ days later. Oh yeah I need to make a dentist appt. Scroll some more, "Oh my gosh, my nephew got married and I didn't know?!" Text sister, "He's married?" Ok, what was I looking for again? Oh yeah, school social. I want to make those delicious looking nachos tonight for dinner! No, even better, I want to ORDER that lasagna for dinner." Click, swipe. Open instagram for school account, "But wait. Group texts begin, "Check school social media, guys". Text husband "kids are out tomorrow, adjust work". Read: "School is closed tomorrow due to icy weather". We've all been here, picking up our phone to put a dentist date in the calendar, but wait, a text. I even challenge you to set aside any distractions and take in this content deeply and fully focused. Grab a cup of hot tea and settle in for this read. ![]() Our beautiful human design is being studied & monetized. How do we take back our mind and learn to protect this very important part of our humanity? It adapts the rhythm and timing of □s (dopamine hits) to surprise and hook each user. ”Our platform uses AI and neuroscience to personalize moments of joy in your app. ed - able to concentrate fully on something not distracted. ![]()
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