Rob Dial

And so when you look at it, it's kind of like modern life is a full-on attention war zone. And so you need to take a step back from a lot of these things because your brain wasn't designed for all of this stimuli. It's meant for meaningful, natural stimuli. not processing a thousand microsignals and dopamine loops and cortisol and task switches every single day.

So if you feel fried or foggy or any of that, you're not broken, you're just over-processed. And so really that's what I want to talk about today. And I wanted to spend nine minutes telling you this to actually hopefully like... If you remember in Billy Madison, where he takes the little kid that's like, I can't wait to get to high school.

So if you feel fried or foggy or any of that, you're not broken, you're just over-processed. And so really that's what I want to talk about today. And I wanted to spend nine minutes telling you this to actually hopefully like... If you remember in Billy Madison, where he takes the little kid that's like, I can't wait to get to high school.

So if you feel fried or foggy or any of that, you're not broken, you're just over-processed. And so really that's what I want to talk about today. And I wanted to spend nine minutes telling you this to actually hopefully like... If you remember in Billy Madison, where he takes the little kid that's like, I can't wait to get to high school.

And he takes his little chunky cheeks and he shakes his face. And he's like, you know, if you guys are older, remember this, he shakes his face. He's like, don't say that. Don't ever say that.

And he takes his little chunky cheeks and he shakes his face. And he's like, you know, if you guys are older, remember this, he shakes his face. He's like, don't say that. Don't ever say that.

And he takes his little chunky cheeks and he shakes his face. And he's like, you know, if you guys are older, remember this, he shakes his face. He's like, don't say that. Don't ever say that.

Hopefully this past nine minutes is shaking you to be like, get rid of all of the shit that's constantly distracting yourself all the time because it's making you emotionally numb and giving you decision fatigue and making you irritable and it's reducing your productivity and it's screwing with your sleep and your rest and it's making you dull and just overstimulated all of the time.

Hopefully this past nine minutes is shaking you to be like, get rid of all of the shit that's constantly distracting yourself all the time because it's making you emotionally numb and giving you decision fatigue and making you irritable and it's reducing your productivity and it's screwing with your sleep and your rest and it's making you dull and just overstimulated all of the time.

Hopefully this past nine minutes is shaking you to be like, get rid of all of the shit that's constantly distracting yourself all the time because it's making you emotionally numb and giving you decision fatigue and making you irritable and it's reducing your productivity and it's screwing with your sleep and your rest and it's making you dull and just overstimulated all of the time.

It's making you into just more of a zombie than you need to be. And then it screws with your nervous system. So I'm not trying to scare the shit out of you. I promise I'm going to give you some tips today. But I am trying to get you to wake up to understand we need to take a step back from all this stuff.

It's making you into just more of a zombie than you need to be. And then it screws with your nervous system. So I'm not trying to scare the shit out of you. I promise I'm going to give you some tips today. But I am trying to get you to wake up to understand we need to take a step back from all this stuff.

It's making you into just more of a zombie than you need to be. And then it screws with your nervous system. So I'm not trying to scare the shit out of you. I promise I'm going to give you some tips today. But I am trying to get you to wake up to understand we need to take a step back from all this stuff.

Because when you have so much overstimulation, your nervous system ends up having a lot of cortisol that runs through it, which is your body's primary stress hormone. So when your brain's constantly taking in stimuli, there's your nervous system, which is your sympathetic nervous system, and then your parasympathetic nervous system. Parasympathetic is the calm, cool, collected, rest, relaxation.

Because when you have so much overstimulation, your nervous system ends up having a lot of cortisol that runs through it, which is your body's primary stress hormone. So when your brain's constantly taking in stimuli, there's your nervous system, which is your sympathetic nervous system, and then your parasympathetic nervous system. Parasympathetic is the calm, cool, collected, rest, relaxation.

Because when you have so much overstimulation, your nervous system ends up having a lot of cortisol that runs through it, which is your body's primary stress hormone. So when your brain's constantly taking in stimuli, there's your nervous system, which is your sympathetic nervous system, and then your parasympathetic nervous system. Parasympathetic is the calm, cool, collected, rest, relaxation.

That's parasympathetic. Sympathetic is fight or flight. And so when you're constantly getting all of this stuff hitting you all the time, it's clicking on your sympathetic nervous system, which is your fight or flight, and it stays on.

That's parasympathetic. Sympathetic is fight or flight. And so when you're constantly getting all of this stuff hitting you all the time, it's clicking on your sympathetic nervous system, which is your fight or flight, and it stays on.

That's parasympathetic. Sympathetic is fight or flight. And so when you're constantly getting all of this stuff hitting you all the time, it's clicking on your sympathetic nervous system, which is your fight or flight, and it stays on.

And there was a study that was done in 2013 that was published in the, I'm gonna try this out, Psychoneuroendocrinology, pretty good, I think I got it there, that showed that chronic exposure to even low-level stressors, like constant alerts, noise, notifications, all of that, can keep cortisol levels elevated throughout the entire day. And so what does that mess with?