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Rob Dial

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

This is something my wife and I just decided to do this past week where I'm like, man, it's kind of like they used to have a really good idea when you look at whether it was Saturday for some religions or Sunday for other religions where it was like, hey, you don't work. You don't do anything else. You just spend time with family.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

This is something my wife and I just decided to do this past week where I'm like, man, it's kind of like they used to have a really good idea when you look at whether it was Saturday for some religions or Sunday for other religions where it was like, hey, you don't work. You don't do anything else. You just spend time with family.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

So I'm like, we should have one day where we just have no screens that ever go on. And the other day I was like, I recommended it and it was like five o'clock. I was like, let's just not look at any screens until we go to bed tonight. So we just hung out and we just talked and we hung out with the baby and it was great. So I was like, let's do it for 24 hours.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

So I'm like, we should have one day where we just have no screens that ever go on. And the other day I was like, I recommended it and it was like five o'clock. I was like, let's just not look at any screens until we go to bed tonight. So we just hung out and we just talked and we hung out with the baby and it was great. So I was like, let's do it for 24 hours.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

So I'm like, we should have one day where we just have no screens that ever go on. And the other day I was like, I recommended it and it was like five o'clock. I was like, let's just not look at any screens until we go to bed tonight. So we just hung out and we just talked and we hung out with the baby and it was great. So I was like, let's do it for 24 hours.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

And so I recommend having like a stimulation fast, try it just for 24 hours one time. And then what I recommend is trying to actually have a day where you do that. And you know, if you're single and you live by yourself, well then it's just your thoughts, a notebook, maybe you'll walk. You know, you might feel bored. That's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

And so I recommend having like a stimulation fast, try it just for 24 hours one time. And then what I recommend is trying to actually have a day where you do that. And you know, if you're single and you live by yourself, well then it's just your thoughts, a notebook, maybe you'll walk. You know, you might feel bored. That's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

And so I recommend having like a stimulation fast, try it just for 24 hours one time. And then what I recommend is trying to actually have a day where you do that. And you know, if you're single and you live by yourself, well then it's just your thoughts, a notebook, maybe you'll walk. You know, you might feel bored. That's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Once again, as I've said many times this podcast, stop saying that you're bored and start saying that you're resting your brain. You're just resting. It's like a spa day for your brain is what it is and your nervous system. Boredom is a gateway to creativity, to emotional clarity, to getting more focused. It's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Once again, as I've said many times this podcast, stop saying that you're bored and start saying that you're resting your brain. You're just resting. It's like a spa day for your brain is what it is and your nervous system. Boredom is a gateway to creativity, to emotional clarity, to getting more focused. It's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Once again, as I've said many times this podcast, stop saying that you're bored and start saying that you're resting your brain. You're just resting. It's like a spa day for your brain is what it is and your nervous system. Boredom is a gateway to creativity, to emotional clarity, to getting more focused. It's a good thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Another thing I'll say is prioritize deep focus over shallow input as well. So, you know, like deep focus. So you can do deep work of two hours of just working on one thing and one thing only. Or you can decide that you're gonna read a physical book and you're gonna just work on that for the next 30 minutes.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Another thing I'll say is prioritize deep focus over shallow input as well. So, you know, like deep focus. So you can do deep work of two hours of just working on one thing and one thing only. Or you can decide that you're gonna read a physical book and you're gonna just work on that for the next 30 minutes.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

Another thing I'll say is prioritize deep focus over shallow input as well. So, you know, like deep focus. So you can do deep work of two hours of just working on one thing and one thing only. Or you can decide that you're gonna read a physical book and you're gonna just work on that for the next 30 minutes.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

You can decide, you know, instead of me typing something out, what I'm gonna start doing is I'm gonna start writing things out. Maybe what you do is writing so you're physically and mentally connected to that piece of paper. You say, I'm gonna do one task at a time. I know it's radical, radical to think you could do one task at a time, right?

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

You can decide, you know, instead of me typing something out, what I'm gonna start doing is I'm gonna start writing things out. Maybe what you do is writing so you're physically and mentally connected to that piece of paper. You say, I'm gonna do one task at a time. I know it's radical, radical to think you could do one task at a time, right?

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

You can decide, you know, instead of me typing something out, what I'm gonna start doing is I'm gonna start writing things out. Maybe what you do is writing so you're physically and mentally connected to that piece of paper. You say, I'm gonna do one task at a time. I know it's radical, radical to think you could do one task at a time, right?

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

One task at a time and I'm gonna dedicate the next 30 minutes to doing this thing. So it's like prioritizing deep focus and just doing one thing versus shallow input and having to feel like you have to do a million things. Because I know, I've done it before. I'm in the middle of reading and I literally think I need to check my phone. I'm like, oh, I got this idea. I got to do this thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

One task at a time and I'm gonna dedicate the next 30 minutes to doing this thing. So it's like prioritizing deep focus and just doing one thing versus shallow input and having to feel like you have to do a million things. Because I know, I've done it before. I'm in the middle of reading and I literally think I need to check my phone. I'm like, oh, I got this idea. I got to do this thing.

The Mindset Mentor
How Overstimulation Is Ruining Your Life

One task at a time and I'm gonna dedicate the next 30 minutes to doing this thing. So it's like prioritizing deep focus and just doing one thing versus shallow input and having to feel like you have to do a million things. Because I know, I've done it before. I'm in the middle of reading and I literally think I need to check my phone. I'm like, oh, I got this idea. I got to do this thing.