Atom Smasher
Master Don Juan
This might be one of those "Well duh..." posts, but I think it's good for us to remind ourselves from time to time of our mission objectives (apart from women).
More and more as the recent years have gone by I've noticed that our gadgets and social media are turning us into a culture of waiters. There has occurred a subtle shift in men from proactively going out and slaying dragons in order to get our "fix" of adventure, to waiting for email, SS posts, FaceBook posts, etc. in order to get that little shot of stimulation.
I've noticed it in myself on slower days. I run two businesses, but still have those slow days where I find myself checking in on this or that website in order to get that little dose of stimulation. It occurs to me that this subtly sets a bad habit in motion that's hard to identify and release oneself from once entrenched.
I have taken to non-judgmentally observing myself throughout the day in order to break my autopilot habits. I observe myself checking my email when I really don't need to, and ditto with other media. At that point I'm able to say, "Atom, you're looking for a shot of excitement here when you could be generating that excitement proactively by action."
Again, this is very subtle, but I think it is something we should all pay attention to. This mechanism of seeking stimulation thru the web insidiously quenches our thirst for real-life activity, thereby making us lazy.
We sometimes have negative, nagging emotions on the back burner which can lead to mild or even serious depression. I've learned that these emotions can be channeled, dealt with and disposed of by simply asking the question, "What is this emotion telling me? Why is it here?" These emotions are almost always telling us that some kind of activity is needed, something that we are avoiding.
My new mantra is, "Action = Peace". Instead of using social media to put a tiny band-aid on these emotions and drives, allowing them to fester, I've learned to stop myself and become a much more effective "doer". The computer, the phone, the tablet, are devices that can easily erode our masculine drives through fake, virtual satisfaction. It is little wonder that women, who are inherently weak and entrenched in their herd, maintain a death-grip on their phones. Most of today's young and young-ish women are akin to floating debris on the ocean of life, just seeing where the currents carry them. We should not be the same.
I encourage every man to observe his online habits and ask himself what is making him check for those emails and posts. Is social media your slave or your master? Online activities have their place, but they can easily become a primary source of stimulation at the expense of real-life adventure and risk-taking. This is very similar to the problem of too much video gaming. Our need for accomplishment becomes satisfied in our video victories, thereby sedating our drive to accomplish in real life.
Submitted for what it's worth.
More and more as the recent years have gone by I've noticed that our gadgets and social media are turning us into a culture of waiters. There has occurred a subtle shift in men from proactively going out and slaying dragons in order to get our "fix" of adventure, to waiting for email, SS posts, FaceBook posts, etc. in order to get that little shot of stimulation.
I've noticed it in myself on slower days. I run two businesses, but still have those slow days where I find myself checking in on this or that website in order to get that little dose of stimulation. It occurs to me that this subtly sets a bad habit in motion that's hard to identify and release oneself from once entrenched.
I have taken to non-judgmentally observing myself throughout the day in order to break my autopilot habits. I observe myself checking my email when I really don't need to, and ditto with other media. At that point I'm able to say, "Atom, you're looking for a shot of excitement here when you could be generating that excitement proactively by action."
Again, this is very subtle, but I think it is something we should all pay attention to. This mechanism of seeking stimulation thru the web insidiously quenches our thirst for real-life activity, thereby making us lazy.
We sometimes have negative, nagging emotions on the back burner which can lead to mild or even serious depression. I've learned that these emotions can be channeled, dealt with and disposed of by simply asking the question, "What is this emotion telling me? Why is it here?" These emotions are almost always telling us that some kind of activity is needed, something that we are avoiding.
My new mantra is, "Action = Peace". Instead of using social media to put a tiny band-aid on these emotions and drives, allowing them to fester, I've learned to stop myself and become a much more effective "doer". The computer, the phone, the tablet, are devices that can easily erode our masculine drives through fake, virtual satisfaction. It is little wonder that women, who are inherently weak and entrenched in their herd, maintain a death-grip on their phones. Most of today's young and young-ish women are akin to floating debris on the ocean of life, just seeing where the currents carry them. We should not be the same.
I encourage every man to observe his online habits and ask himself what is making him check for those emails and posts. Is social media your slave or your master? Online activities have their place, but they can easily become a primary source of stimulation at the expense of real-life adventure and risk-taking. This is very similar to the problem of too much video gaming. Our need for accomplishment becomes satisfied in our video victories, thereby sedating our drive to accomplish in real life.
Submitted for what it's worth.
