The Vault

When ideas are the valuables hidden

I spend a lot of time doom scrolling. Picking up my phone is a tick. Maybe nervous, bored, sad, excited is what keeps bringing me back. Yesterday, it was 125 pickups, the day before, 157. I carry a lot of shame here. Let’s be honest. I dream up all the badass things I could be creating and sharing with the world in that time. SO MUCH. There’s a vault of cool messages, art, world shattering ideas that are just hanging out behind my eyeballs. What’s happening in front of them? The scrolling through… other peoples ideas.

Daily I ask myself what it’s going to take for me to stop consuming. Or at least to create more balance in the input versus output. For 2023, I decided my theme would be focus for the sake of self-love. With focus, discipline is required. I don’t have much of that either, at least it’s not what I’m picking up impulsively. Distractions though, picking up those 125 times a day, at least.

It wasn’t until the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2023 that I realized the commitment I signed myself up for this year. Focus. Is. My. Theme. …Crap… Other years felt a lot more tangible, and this year is going to take dedication.

I’m sharing this because I KNOW I’m not alone in this. I’m hoping my “reveal” helps you. You’re not alone and frankly, I’m likely struggling just about as much as you are. If not more. Let’s do this together, for the betterment of our lives and frankly, the world.