Do you love reading books? Since childhood, reading has held something sacred for me. I won't shy from saying books shaped me into the man I am.
Alas, lately I hit a strange wall in reading. I picked up a tough philosophy book, but my mind couldn't plunge deep. It felt stuck with just a mask and snorkel.
I got scared for real: “Where's my scuba gear and bathyscaphe?”
I thought it over. The culprit? That flood of bite-sized tales on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter/X—hell, everywhere. Without noticing, my mind switched to cotton candy, cola, and popcorn.
I had to summon will and grit. These past days, I carve out four to six hours for hard books that grip me tight. No distractions. Oh, and I slash the "sugar."
Thankfully, the skill of deep diving is returning. I grasp the author's thread easier now. The body holds it all—how to breathe, swim, read. But mastery needs practice.
The battle for your attention is fierce and very real. On that side stand hundreds of PhDs in neurobiology, anthropology, and psychology, fertilized with billions in investment. On this side — you alone.
But no. We have each other, like nodes in a cosmic web.
But no. We have each other.
Like nodes in Indra’s cosmic net.
Like words in the ongoing Book of Genesis.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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