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schedule a day to cram a bunch of stuff into your brain. listen to weird music, read challenging literature, try to learn as much as you can. i am so unbelievably guilty of NOT doing this. most days i'll just let content enter my head; no thought behind it and no absorption of knowledge. it leaves me feeling so cluttered. gotta start scheduling days like this for my own sanity.
Mar 21, 2024
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Its cliched but it's true. I've got a bad case of scatter brain at all times. But I've found peace and progress in dedicating small, increasing increments of time to the things I am interested in. Take it one day at a time and don't beat yourself up if you miss a day or two. But try to be consistent. 10 minutes of this, 15 minutes of that. Before you know it you develop a habit that is actually good for you. It also helps me to put my phone on airplane mode and disconnect while I do these things. Just me and the interest. It's not a science and it won't happen overnight. But before you know it you'll just be sucked into rhythms of the things you want to do rather than the things that rot your brain.
May 20, 2024
since the beginning of the year i've been using elevate (linked). it gives you a few games to do every day and has been a quick and easy way to remind myself i do in fact have a working brain
aside from that, just READ!! i know its a lame answer but i truly feel there's no better way to combat brain rot and increase your attention span. you don't even have to read anything serious - whatever you find fun or interesting, read about it instead of watching tiktoks/youtube videos.
Mar 7, 2025
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i feel like a massive hypocrite writing this, but im gonna be honest..
the past year i've been constantly listening to/watching youtube videos and ig reels in order to fill the silence. just loads and loads of useless information and empty talks.
last night i realized that doing so has been keeping me from thinking about stuff, listening to music and in general, being productive. i was filling my head with useless noise so i wouldn't think. it ended up being a comfortable bubble of bullshit that was hard to break out of.
today i stopped the video, grabbed my notes of things i want to DO and played some music in the background. felt much better. i might relapse— i have many times, but im tired of being a vertically scrolling thumb (again).
Aug 16, 2024
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Apr 12, 2024
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It's late at night. You are feeling pretty tired, but you throw on another episode of whatever you were watching. You think, "I should probably go get into bed in a second." Instead, you stretch out on the couch. You tell yourself, "I'll just finish this episode then I'll get up." As you have this thought, you pull a blanket over you. You laugh at yourself quietly; you know that thought was simply untrue. You feel your eyes start to close. Suddenly, you wake up at 3:30AM blasted in the TV glow. A spark of excitement ignites inside of you. You get up and make the pilgrimage to your room. You crawl under your sheets and realize this is the most comfortable you've ever been. You quickly fall back asleep.
Jan 30, 2024
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it's simply the best. you wanna leave? just go! don't say anything to anyone. do you have trouble with friends who love prolonged goodbyes or friends who try to convince you to stay longer? not anymore. you're already halfway home before anyone even realizes you're gone. "you should have said goodbye!" well, maybe i saw my opportunity to vamoose and took it! they should be saying, "you're a visionary, a true go-getter!" anyway, it's the most satisfying move to pull in any social situation and i recommend you do it whenever you can.
Nov 10, 2023