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5 Easy Ways to Start Consuming Better Content Online
How to swap out your clickbait for media that’s better
With fast internet speeds, portable computers that fit in our hands, and daily updates as well as archived content from all over the world, it’s a shame we don’t access more high-quality content.
We want media that does more than just “get the job done” like cheap alcohol. We want something that we can actually enjoy throughout the whole process, that is high quality and won’t have us feeling like crap the next morning.
Americans spend upwards of 5 hours on their smartphones every day. I can’t even begin to speculate about how much of that content is neither wholesome, helpful, or inspiring.
“The urge to check Twitter or refresh Reddit becomes a nervous twitch that shatters uninterrupted time into shards too small to support the presence necessary for an intentional life.”―Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
The saddest thing about all of this, I’ve surmised, is how much we’re missing out on.
#1: Get rid of the junk
The first step to consuming better media is to throw away anything that isn’t.
