In an age where our attention spans are constantly split between physical reality and digital screens, finding peace requires deliberate effort. Here are the 13 most popular quotes from Digital Ego to help you break free from phone dependency, cultivate true presence, and reclaim your inner peace.
1. “Just like the body is constantly eliminating toxins, the mind needs to as well. We need to give it time to rest, reflect, and find peace in the present moment.”
2. “Life will sometimes be exciting, and sometimes it’ll be uneventful. Both of these are just parts of life. We can either escape life, or we can embrace it.”
3. “When we are mindlessly taking our phone out, then we are training our brains subconsciously that the present moment is worthy of escape, that it’s not good enough.”
4. “Like rays of light coming from the sun, we are extensions of the universe, seemingly separate yet profoundly interconnected.”
5. “No amount of horsepower in our car, jewelry on our bodies, brand names on our clothing, will ever complete something that is already perfect and complete.”
6. “Happiness is not measured in likes or followers. It’s measured in smiles (and not the emoji kind).”
7. “On social media, everyone looks like they have a perfect life. And so, we compare ourselves to people and situations that don’t even exist. This is a freeing realization.”
8. “By lifting up others, we put them in a position where they can lift even more people up. Eventually, we can create a world where if we ever stumble and need a hand, someone will be there to lift us up too.”
9. “Time to reflect is so important and it is what keeps us sane. If we don’t digest what we’re mentally consuming, we’re going to have a mental indigestion.”
10. “Stop outsourcing so much of your joy and peace to what others think of you online.”
11. “This third ego — the digital ego — is typically always happy, always doing cool stuff, word choice is edited to perfection, and it’s sometimes more beautiful than we are because of these filters. But, it’s also much more dependent on the approval of others because its value and self-worth come from likes, follows, shares and views.”
12. “Part of mindfully using social media that is so important is not just being mindful of what you’re seeing, but it’s being mindful of what you’re not seeing, being mindful of what you don’t know.”
13. “There are so many people out in the world. Some will think good of us. Some will think bad of us. But there is only one person that really matters in that equation — ourself.”
Usually when we are on our phones, we are hypnotized by the content. We lose all self-awareness and we become entranced. It’s why we are living through what is called the attention economy, because our focus and awareness are the prize. So take back your power by bringing back some of your awareness onto yourself.
Bringing Awareness Back to Yourself
Notice while you’re scrolling what it’s like to be fixated on the phone. Notice how you’re breathing. Is it long, slow and deep breaths? Or is it shallow, choppy, irregular, and holding your breath? Understanding techniques like mantra vs breath meditation can help you use your breath to reset your nervous system in these moments.
What are your thoughts? Learning how to observe your thoughts allows you to step back from mindless scrolling without judgment. What are your feelings? Is there tension anywhere in the body? Can you release that tension? Is the content you’re watching valuable to you? What does it provide you? Will you remember it tomorrow, or is it just wasting time? Do you even remember what you were just looking at five minutes ago?
Reclaiming Control From the Attention Economy
The human brain is not designed for screens 24/7. Worse yet, trillion dollar companies are spending billions of dollars to figure out how to hijack your brain and keep your attention despite your intentions. But there is hope, we can fight back, we can resist.
In my free book, Digital Ego, I lay out how we can overcome mindless scrolling. In this book, which is especially important for the young people in your life, I talk about:
- What the digital ego is and how to dissolve it
- How to take a digital detox to reset your brain’s happiness chemicals
- How to release the stress we accumulate from social media distraction
- How to live authentically in a world of filters, bots, frauds and phonies
Technology is a tool to serve us, not the other way around.
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