This is your friendly reminder of the tried and true.
Read a book. Write on paper. Pray or meditate.
Don’t over complicate life.
It’s easy to forget the basics with so much innovation in the world. Don’t get me wrong, technology makes our lives easier, but it can strain our lives too.
For example, social media makes it easy to keep tabs on friends and family. However, the average person spends over 2 hours a day on these platforms according to this article.
Do the math. 2 hours a day = 14 hours a week = 728 hours in a year.
That comes out to 30 complete days on social media in a single year. That’s at least 4x more than taking a week’s vacation 😳 I don’t know about you, but I much rather use that time away from a screen.
At the start of 2021, I made it a point to dive into more analog kinds of activities. Things that felt like they took more time than they actually do. Things like going for a walk, eating something healthy, playing a board game, etc.
I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. These kinds of activities force me to be present. We all can use more of that in life.
This Week’s Use It or Lose It
Think of an analog activity you’re often lazy to do but always feel better during or afterwards. Choose a day or time. No, seriously, open your calendar up right now and schedule it.
When the time comes, just do it — regardless of how you feel.
What I’m Reading
If you’re active on Twitter, you’ve probably come across Naval’s tweets. He’s the founder of AngelList along with a slew of other companies.
Naval is a next level deep thinker. He’s as versed technically as he is philosophically and businesswise. His thoughts always leave me (re)thinking about life.
Eric Jorgenson created an almanack of Naval’s thoughts.
I bought the hardcopy of the book, but you can download it for free too (very generous!). It’s in a unique format since the author composed the book by arranging transcripts from podcasts and tweets into chapters.
Read: Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson
Thanks for reading this week.
Stay Awesome,
Luis
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