Your Attention Is Being Stolen

"I'll watch one episode before I sleep"

"One more reel before I log out of Instagram"

"I can sleep 30 minutes late. This show is too good!"

Sound familiar?

A lot of distractions around us with one common goal - make us spend more time (so that they make more money).

Back in the pandemic, when we spent time at home, we spent MORE hours on our screens (me included).

I didn't like where this was going, because, at first I said "it's a pandemic, I need an outlet to relax". Months later this became normal and staring at my screen wasn't a compromise I was willing to make.

Coincidentally, I saw the documentary 'The Social Dilemma' and it triggered a lot of questions in me. I went down this rabbit hole of discovering who ARE these people who've decided to raise awareness on our social media addictions?

Turns out there are a LOT. They do it through books, videos, podcasts etc. I have a lot of ground to cover haha.

In doing so, I recently came across a book called 'Stolen Focus' by Johan Hari and it reignited this interest of mine - understanding why we behave the way we do with our phones.

(You can read more about Johann's book here)

I learned a few things before I read the book - based on research, my own experiences and conversations but I intend to spread this awareness.

The aim is to do this by writing and it goes without saying that the next editions will be on these lines.

So, if you are interested, hit reply from your email app, with any questions that bother you (I read them all), and if your friends are interested, share this email with them and nudge them to subscribe so I can reach a larger audience.

I appreciate you whether you've been here since day 1 OR if this is your first newsletter.

Until next time,

RegardsRainar xx