It’s something that I’m struggling with right now.

Shutting out the noise. 

There are so many pings, rings, apps, music, and TV shows going on that I can easily forget about what matters. “What was I trying to do two minutes ago before I went down this Instagram rabbit hole?”

It’s much easier to succumb to the distraction of the rabbit hole of YouTube reels—though 520 Podcast puts out hilarious shorts—than to get to important things that I could be doing for the day. 

There’s nothing wrong with entertainment, great TV shows, movies, and video games. It just becomes a problem when it used more as a distraction from the important stuff in your life than as a form of natural relaxation.

There are multiple tools that I can think of that can probably help me through this like:

Journaling

Books on the problem:

• Indistractable – Nir Eyal
• Stolen Focus – Johann Hari

I’ll start with journaling, onto my rehab.