The brutal cost of external noise
Focus on what actually affects your life.
External noise will always be there.
And, yes, there are some things being said, and done, that you should know about. Maybe even do something about.
The problem is…
Most people, as evident in any twenty second scroll on social media, spend the majority of their time “weighing in” on the external noise.
Wrangling their thoughts to match the identity they’ve propagated by regurgitating random sound bites from a source they can’t actually cite.
Because, God forbid anyone think for a second they don’t have a take.
All that noise though, is just a ruse. Chosen by the almighty algorithm to steal your attention and provoke your take. Social media is designed to work like a casino in your brain; loud, colorful, stimulating, and very hard to find the exit.
Worse, the goal of the noisemakers is to distract you from hearing your own internal noise. Those thoughts and emotions that most definitely need to be heard, and examined, and addressed. Otherwise, they grow to deafening volume, and left ignored, can upend your life far worse than anything the algorithm demands you weigh in on.
Addressing the internal noise… That’s the real work.
The hardest work we’re asked to do.
In Episode 13 of MiM, Joe and I talk about career change in midlife, and why it’s a crucial time to stop listening to everyone else’s noise about what you should be doing, and listen closely to what life is asking of you now.
See you there,
Kevin