A 90s Revival Guide to Reducing Content Overload

Reclaim your life from the ravenous Content Beast, internet babies, before it’s too late!

J.R. Flaherty
Change Your Mind Change Your Life

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“Every tick, every tock, every blaring notification!” declares my Xennial* sister as we watch her under-10s hypnotized by their iPads. “Leading us down endless click-holes of utter dross!”

Even as adults, tearing ourselves away from those addictive little screens can feel like blasphemy against the cult of online.

We’re all completely OD’d on information now, like little lost pixels.

So I suggest all generations go on a strict convent diet from this content-bingeing madness. A blessed content diet, if you will.

Gather round, internet babies, and let me initiate you into the sacred pre-millennial rituals.

Tip One: Tune Into Your Goosebumps

From dawn till dusk, the whole world feels like one big bad trip, drowning us in tidal waves of digital tat and noise.

So here’s a simple litmus test to stop you from getting swept away: I call it the Tingle Effect.

If whatever you’re gorging on doesn’t raise those delicious goosebumps of frisson and delight, then for heaven’s sake, switch it off! Your arm…

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