Your Attention is Your Life Force

If you look at your screen time report and it says four hours a day, that is 28 hours a week. Over a year, that is 1,460 hours—or 60 full days. Two months of your year are being spent looking at other people's lives through a glass pane. Your attention is the most valuable thing you own. It is literally your life force. Where you put your attention is where you put your life. Are you happy with where yours is going?

Every time you scroll mindlessly, you are giving away a piece of your life to a corporation that just wants to sell you ads. You are trading your precious, finite time for a hit of cheap dopamine. It is the worst trade deal in history. Disconnecting is how you take your life back. It is how you decide that your own goals, your own health, and your own relationships are worth more than a trending sound.

Imagine what you could do with those extra 60 days a year. You could learn a new language. You could get in the best shape of your life. You could start the business you've been dreaming about. You could become a master at a craft. The only thing standing between you and that 'levelled-up' version of yourself is the constant leakage of your attention. You are not lacking time; you are lacking focus.

Start treating your attention with the same intensity you treat your money. You wouldn't just throw twenty-dollar bills out the window of a car, so why are you throwing away minutes on content you don't even like? Be stingy with your focus. Guard it fiercely. Spend it on things that actually make your life better.

When you become intentional with your attention, you become powerful. You are no longer a passenger in your own mind; you are the captain. You choose what to think about, what to care about, and what to build. It starts with the decision to put the phone down and look at what is right in front of you. Your life is waiting for you to pay attention to it. Don't miss it.