@Thomo_Grant It’s because when an UMPiRE pays a free kick for a hold that did not impact the contest, everyone has their arms up in the air saying oh my god that was soft UMPiRE can’t win
Locking the camera to the stars instead of the horizon changes everything.
It’s actually kind of terrifying to see the Earth spinning beneath us like this. 🌍🌌
Sunday. I did a brain reset, 7 hours of silence.
What it did to my brain:
No phone. No music. No books. No screens. Just water and silence. This was week 8 of my 53 Skills project.
The first few hours were easy. Then around hour 3, my brain switched from boredom to processing mode.
Old emotions, unresolved thoughts, things I’d been outrunning for years. All surfacing on their own.
By the end, my mind felt completely clear. Not tired. Not numb. Actually calm. It lasted for hours after.
Why this matters: I think we never give our brains offline time anymore.
Every quiet moment gets filled with a podcast, a scroll, a notification. Your brain is running on 100% input and 0% processing all day.
Neuroscience backs this up. Unstructured mental downtime improves memory consolidation, creative problem-solving, and emotional regulation.
It’s the same mechanism as sleep, except we can access it while awake. We just choose not to.
You don’t need 7 hours.
One hour of zero input per week would put you ahead of most people in terms of mental clarity.
Try it: one hour, no phone in the room, no background noise.
First 20 minutes will be uncomfortable. Last 10 will surprise you.
Communication expert Jefferson Fisher showed me something I won’t forget...
He calls it the string theory.
When two people are talking, there’s an invisible string between them.
If you check your phone, the string goes slack. Even just having it on the table breaks the connection.
Here’s how he explained it 👇🏾