@circuscancel This is absolutely a sign of people only hearing figures of speech (tiktok yapathons) and not actually seeing them spelled out, nor genuinely thinking about what that figure of speech might come from.
It's a great filter for whether I'm gonna keep listening
I just heard someone say “maybe you don’t need more time to heal, maybe you need more experiences that show your nervous system a different realty”
And, yeah.
ahhhh yes good morning let’s open up the Infinite Information River for a nice 20 minutes before getting out of bed or thinking any original thoughts at all
I hate to say it but brain rot didn’t begin with ChatGPT. Short-form videos are designed to be addictive, and too much exposure can destroy your focus, curiosity, and joy in living. You need to be ingesting long-form content: novels, essays, educational books and videos.
we have normalised overconsumption. listening to a podcast while we walk, scrolling reels in the toilet, listening to music while we cook, watching a show on Netflix while we eat. it’s as if there is NO breathing space for your mind. you’re constantly trying to fill the void, the stillness and yet here you’re complaining about feeling groggy and demotivated.
Trickster archetype exists for a reason. There are problems the warrior cannot meet in battle, enemies that exist as systems that cannot be conquered. The trickster is the warrior transposed into systemic context.
Tricksters get a bad rap as evil, but it’s not quite that.
someone said “nothing gives you a clearer look into someone than how they misinterpret things, every misinterpretation is a confession” and it’s so true because how people misunderstand things can reveal a lot about their perspectives and feelings.