Renovate Your Brain

The digital age has brought with it a bad case of information overload. This is how you clear the clutter and organize your mind

In the age of TMI, our brains could star in an episode of “Hoarders”. Time to create a little order in the attic and take control of our attention. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

One of the most successful books of our times is a guide to clear the space around us. With The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Marie Kondo sparked a downright cult of tidying up, internationally at that. She hit a nerve: People crave clarity.

They desperately need it, too. There’s utter chaos around us! The biggest mess cognitive filters have ever had to deal with in the history of the human brain. Computers have put us in the line of info fire: The return of the Taliban. Bachelorettes and butts on TikTok. Star-spangled Vikings invading the halls of democracy. Toxic poop killing us from the inside (What have I ever done to my Youtube ad algorithm to deserve this?!?). 21 Mind-Blowing Facts People Have Found Impossible To Forget. Britney. Covid, Covid, Covid.

“Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumor, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is…