Hundred three

Reading a book on stress. Weaning from the internet and reading a book is stress. Isn’t it a paradox? I observed that what I read on net evaporates much faster than a book. What I read on the internet is shallow both by the and attention. When you read a book (non-fiction) you have to think along with the author and often you don’t agree with the author and many times you appreciate the author’s opinions. This kind of thinking along with the reading make an impact and we remember for a long time. But this process has long-term benefits and lacks the short-term joy of internet nonsense reading. We are tuned to enjoy short-term benefits and is very difficult to convince the brain about long-term benefits. 

Sixty

Facing the wrong things in life is difficult. Yesterday I was reading a blog urging me to be prepared. It is a valid point. But our brain is a different beast. It always understands good and bad. However, we often fail to follow what is right in the long term. Because long term rewards will not give pleasure or happiness as short term laziness would provide. Though we are the only mammals who can visualise the at to come future, still most of our brain is primate one, looking for short term gain or even avoid to think in the long term.

I need to make a list of things which I need to do put me out of my comfort zone. That would familiarise me to face the unwanted stuff.