mindful consumption, digital decluttering & financial wellness

☁️ Mindful consumption

Lately I’ve been trying to be mindful about my content consumption. I’ll read, listen, or watch one thing and sit with the idea for awhile. Pausing and reflecting on one idea helps me form my own thoughts which I can later implement in my own life.

🌿 Why mindful consumption matters:

• What you read is who you become. The quality of your content diet determines how you think about and see the world. If we think about our digital content diet the same way we think about the food we eat, we would consume less junk and choose content that nourishes the mind. (The Profile)

  
  

• Calibrate your internal meter for greatness. When you consume high quality content, you can improve your ability to distinguish good from great, and determine what’s worthy of your time and attention. (The Creative Act: A Way of Being)

  
  

• Distraction comes from within. Uncomfortable feelings often lead to distractions (such as mindless scrolling), but if we learn to sit with internal triggers that lead to distraction we can evolve into our ideal selves. (Indistractable)

❇️ Tips for mindful consumption:

1. Save ideas. Keep a document for content you want to remember. You might even find connections between different ideas. Apps like Notion, mymind, and Melon are powerful tools for saving content.
   
   

2. Set intentional limits. Too much information can lead to analysis paralysis. Although it’s tempting to keep searching for more information, setting an intentional limit can improve your productivity.
   
   

3. Curate your information feed. The content you consume influences your thoughts, actions, and outputs. Find quality content and create an environment where you can easily be exposed to great ideas.

🌐 Digital decluttering

My digital space can feel like a mess sometimes. If I’m not on top of it, my mind ends up feeling cluttered and my productivity takes a hit as well.

Whenever I feel that way, I know it’s time to do a little tidying up. After all a clear space leads to a clear mind, and digital spaces are no exception.

💫 How I organize my digital space:

1. Saving content on Melon. I save a lot of content on different apps, but they’re more of a random collection of links. Melon makes it easy to save and organize content related to specific skills. It’s like Pinterest but better. I got early access by signing up for their waitlist. Reply to this email for an invite!
   
   

2. Spaces on Arc Browser. I’ve been loving the browser experience on Arc, especially the spaces feature for tabs. I have different spaces for tabs (work, fun, random, etc.) and can switch between them easily. Goodbye browser tab clutter.
   
   

3. Optimizing my lock screen and home screen. I keep my phone organized by using the search feature instead of keeping all my apps on the home screen. Badges (the red notification circles) are off too so it feels less cluttered. I’m loving the Pinterest widget which displays pins from my personal vision board, and the Motivational quotes widget which displays different quotes every hour.