Silence Is Your Best Friend

Your brain wasn't designed to carry the weight of every global tragedy at once. A few hundred years ago, you only knew what was happening in your village and maybe the next town over. Now, you’re getting push notifications about every earthquake, scandal, and conflict across the entire planet. It’s too much. It’s sensory overload that masquerades as being ‘informed.’ But let’s be real: are you actually informed, or are you just stressed? Constant noise doesn't lead to wisdom; it just leads to burnout. You need to learn the art of the intentional disconnect.

Silence isn't empty; it’s full of the stuff you actually need to process your life. When you’re constantly consuming other people's opinions, you lose the ability to hear your own. You start thinking in tweets and talking in soundbites. That’s not who you are. I want you to try something radical: thirty minutes of pure silence every day. No podcasts, no music, no scrolling. Just you and your thoughts. It might feel uncomfortable at first—maybe even a little scary—but that’s just your brain detoxing from the constant dopamine hits.

This is about mental hygiene. You wouldn't go a week without showering, so why do you go months without clearing out your mental cache? Positivity isn't something you can just download; it’s something that grows when there’s enough room for it. By cutting out the noise, you’re creating space for your own creativity and resilience to surface. You’ll find that when the digital chatter dies down, the world feels a lot less hostile. You start to notice the small, good things that the algorithm always ignores.

You don't owe the internet your constant presence. The world will not fall apart if you don't check the news for a few hours. In fact, you’ll probably be a more effective human being if you don't. Use that silence to reconnect with yourself. Ask yourself what you actually value and what actually makes you happy. Most of the time, it’s not the stuff on your screen. It’s the feeling of the sun on your face or a deep breath in a quiet room. Reclaim your right to be unreachable.