You're too open to bullsh*t.

You’d never let a random stranger walk into your house and trash the whole place.

Yet every time you doomscroll, binge-watch trash, and consume drama, that's exactly what you do.

You’re letting strangers walk into your mind and vandalize it.

Your mind is your house, protect it like your life depends on it. Because it does.

INSIGHT

Your mind is not a trash can.

Stop letting garbage in.

Mental hygiene is at an all time low.

It’s normalized to consume large amounts of reality shows, sensationalist media, celebrity gossip, social media nonsense — all the same trash content and information.

Hours of your life… gone.

Energy spent on people you don’t even know, on things that don’t even matter. Who’s dating who. Who's getting canceled. Who cheated on who. Who said what about who. What happened that won’t change your life in the f*cking slightest.

You must stop consuming this crap.

There’s multiple reasons why you might dibble and dabble on useless content and information. Escapism. Validation. Addiction to Stimulation. Peer pressure. Lack of purpose. The list goes on and on.

But the number one and the root of all others is:

You don’t value yourself.

You don’t protect your peace, your mind, or your future, because you don’t believe you're worth the effort it takes to change.

You have a self-image problem.

You’re running from your own potential because you’ve been conditioned to believe you're not worthy of more, that your time on this earth isn’t valuable enough for you to protect it rigorously by avoiding useless distractions who steal your attention and give you nothing valuable in return.

It’s as if someone walks up to you on the street and makes you the following offer:

"I’ll take two hours of your daily time. All you need to do is sit back, relax, and let me feed you mindless content. You know, the kind that’s full of drama, gossip, and irrelevant distractions. You'll get some cheap entertainment, maybe a few dopamine hits. But here's the catch — your life, the things that actually matter to you, will stay exactly the same. No growth. No progress. You’ll just be right where you are now.”

That’s the absurd deal you’re signing when you keep clogging your mind with content and useless information. Corporations make money off your attention and you get nothing tangible as a return.

You let others’ lives and creations take center stage, steal your precious energy while you sit on the sidelines, watching, wishing, and wondering if you’ll ever get the life you want.

Imagine for a second — you’ve reached the pinnacle.

You’ve got everything you’ve ever dreamed of — whatever that looks like to you.

Let’s imagine the stereotypical fantasy…

Millions in the bank, your dream relationship, sports cars parked in your driveway, private jets taking you around the world or maybe just financial freedom, privacy, providing a better life for you family, having slow mornings.

You’ve got the freedom, the power, and life of your dreams.

Now, ask yourself: Would you still be binge-watching Netflix every night? Would you still be scrolling through Instagram, watching people argue in comment sections? Would you be wasting time reading Twitter rants or keeping tabs on celebrity gossip? Would you be wondering who’s dating who or who’s getting canceled this week?

F*ck no.

You’d have created a life so interesting, so engaging, so special, that nothing outside of it would appeal to you anymore. That’s what happens when you start valuing yourself enough to go after your biggest dreams and craft a life completely to your standards.

Deep down you know that consuming more content, entertainment and useless information is just a way to numb yourself from the reality you dislike — you’re just addicted to the boost of dopamine.

The realization you need to have is that numbing yourself to escape your current reality will only keep you stuck in it.

There’s no other way to change life to your standards than building it day by day and removing anything that detour you from your vision.

It might not sound fun, but it’s the truth.

The journey won’t be a 5 minutes Rocky cutscene and then you’ll win. It’ll be boring, it’ll be slow, no flashy transition or triumphant background music. It might takes years, it might take a lifetime.

But eventually you get everything you wanted.

ACTION

Protect your mind like a fortress.

Start acting like your time and attention are priceless — because they are.

Here’s a couple of ideas that you can apply to improve your content consumption.

1. Set clear "Content Rules" for yourself.
Decide what type of content is allowed in your life and what isn’t. If it doesn’t inspire you, educate you, or move you closer to your goals — it’s out.

2. Audit your digital environment.
Unfollow gossip pages, outrage accounts, and low-value creators. If it’s not adding value to your mind, it’s subtracting from it.

3. Schedule "intentional" consumption.
Give yourself specific, limited windows to consume entertainment — and choose high-quality content when you do. No more mindless scrolling. No more random clicking.

4. Replace before you remove.
Don’t just cut things out — replace them with better habits. Audiobooks, documentaries, educational YouTube channels, personal development podcasts — fill the gap with content that sharpens you.

5. Create a personal mission statement.
Write a short, powerful paragraph describing the life you’re building. Every time you’re tempted to waste time, read it. If the action doesn’t align with your mission, don’t engage.

6. Train your "awareness muscle."
Catch yourself in the act of mindless consumption. Ask yourself: "Is this helping me or hurting me?" Interrupt the cycle before it drags you deeper.

7. Set a dopamine detox day.
Once a week, pick a day where you cut out all cheap dopamine activities. No Netflix, no TikTok, no social media scrolling. Reset your brain to crave real life again. Touch some grass.

SPEAK

Have you ever thought about today’s insight? What’s one type of "garbage consumption" you realize you need to cut off after reading this? Have you ever noticed how your emotional state shifts when binging on these kinds of content?

If you have any questions or comments, just reply to this or send a message on Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

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