My attention is reserved for important things

A mantra for the new year

honey I’m home

Hi there,

If you can’t win and you don’t want to lose (of course) you can always play the victim.

Five things to share:

1. Attention is a hot commodity in the new economy: The new economy doesn’t want your money— Just your attention. Mark Zuckerberg wants your attention. Elon Musk wants your attention. And even that person you went to high school with 13 years ago but rarely spoke with wants your attention. Everyone is dying to get your attention including me except you. You don’t seem to care much about your attention, to value it as much as Silicon Valley does. Or that person you went to high school with 13 years ago. You give it away freely, waste it on the most banal and useless things all day long day after day: Social media is banal and useless. Why are you so careless with your attention? Do you know what your attention, if reserved for important, necessary, useful things, can do for you?

2. Value your attention

3. A quote I want to share with you:

   Attention pays attention to a lot of things, but when attention pays attention to attention, then there is a stillness, and that stillness introduces you to your Self.

   — Mooji

4. In the Future, Our Attention Will Be Sold

   Last week, I logged onto Facebook to see a story about a man who got drunk, cut off his friend’s penis, and then fed it to a dog. This was followed by a story of a 100-year-old woman who had never seen the ocean before. Then eight ways I can totally know I’m a 90’s kid. Then 11 steps to make me a “smarter Black Friday shopper,” an oxymoron if I ever saw one. This is life now: one constant, never-ending stream of non sequiturs and self-referential garbage that passes in through our eyes and out of our brains at the speed of a touchscreen.

5. A question for you: Who is one person you want to spend more time around this year? (Source)

   It shocks and delights me to say my parents. ❤❤

That’s all for this week!

Thank you for reading, and share with anyone you think may benefit.

Until next time,

Mehret