It’s quite clear that we live in an age of overconsumption. We are blasted with content in every part, corner, side, and crevasse of our life. Our phones/TVs/computers are so deeply integrated into our lives, for things like email, directions, news and messaging, yet they also provide the door to overwhelming amount of information. For the past few days, I’ve been scrolling on apps like YouTube and Instagram far too much. Hours at a time, I get sucked into scrolling. Despite downloading screen blocking apps in an effort to provide a buffer between myself and the apps, the monkey brain in me still finds a way to endlessly scroll. The time waste is an obvious detriment to using these apps, but the more insidious side effect, at least for me, is the guilt that comes after wasting time with shallow and superficial short form content. This feeling might come from different actions for different people, and I think its important to look at. ...

I sit here trying to come up with the title of my first blog post. First, I type “a sneaky, pesky ego”. Hmm, too weird. Scrap that. “the trap of living in an external world”, Now we are getting a bit preachy. Scrap that too. What about “the ego”. Ack, seems too succint and profound. Then the thought came… I’m looking to write about the ego of man, and it’s the exact things preventing me from writing this blog post. ...