First Draft Club

Next year I'd like to do less feed scrolling and more link surfing

I was journaling earlier today and realized that I want to make an effort to "reclaim my attention."

There are some tactical tweaks I can make, such as cutting down on TikTok or YouTube (especially when multitasking). I want to meditate more and build up my muscles for attention regulation. I'm going to continue writing to process my thoughts instead of turning to ChatGPT for a quick suggestion.

But I also need to rethink how I explore ideas and information.  Warpcast has basically been my default online destination for two years, and while I’ve deeply enjoyed building a network here, this place is still fundamentally a short-form content platform, with a relatively narrow coverage of topics.

Going forward, I want to build a “T-shaped” information diet: optimized for breadth, with the ability to go deep when my curiosity is piqued. Right now, my information diet is more of a “u” shape, where I slip down into a domain without much precision.

You might enjoy Steve Pratt's writing - (long form too ;-p) he's on an "attention" kick at the moment too:

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You might enjoy Steve Pratt's writing - (long form too ;-p) he's on an "attention" kick at the moment too:  https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitybusiness/p/high-quality-attention-diets?r=1faig&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email