I look at my phone's battery tracker and realized the past few days of screen time have mostly been spent on entertainment than learning.
Oh no, I got myself caught in the poverty trap without realizing it. I'm not saying immersing yourself in movie marathons is going to make you poor. I'm saying spending more time being entertained than allocating those times learning something useful is one way to guarantee being poor.
Money flows out when you pay for entertainment. And it's not just money being spent but also the most important resources you could have in the world, your time.
I could be watching a few more episodes of anime than reading a textbook for my chosen career, but the former doesn't earn me money. The latter gets me job security to sustain my entertainment time.
This is what I see that's often being wasted by an average person. The one's that are benefitting from your attention are corporations that program you to think less and be trapped in the cycle of entertainment.
Read more about how theta waves emerge when you default watch long hours of TV. Happens on your mobile phones. The brain switches to passive mode when you're in front of the screen long and this lets you become prone to suggestions and propaganda.
Your phone is designed to hook your attention. Keep those notifications pinging 24/7. Taps into your fear of missing out and your social circle is also hooked into it. Check you phone, see which apps consume your screen time more and evaluation how much time should you really be spending on these apps if you're only given 24 hours a day.
Thanks for your time.
