Day 3

Photo Creds to Langwitches on Flickr 

Today on the agenda: becoming your own filter. There is so much information constantly flowing around us and we need to be able to filter these messages in order to access the ones that are pertinent to us.

I, for one, find myself reading articles and watching videos just because they are popular or have sensationalistic titles. Usually I'll get to the end of an article and wonder why I spent my time reading it; in what way is the information helping me grow, furthering my knowledge, or enriching my life? So, in accordance with today's challenge, I made an effort only to read, watch, and do things that add to my life and bring me closer to my goals.

I found this infomagical challenge to be the hardest and most rewarding of the ones I have completed thus far. I caught myself a number of times clicking on articles or videos unconsciously and all of a sudden realizing that I had no reason whatsoever to waste my time in this way. I also found that by not clicking on every sensationalistic article I saved time throughout my day. The time I saved I was able to put towards things that I cared about which improved the overall quality of my day.

Photo Credit to Robertson Associates and joyoftech.com

So, get out there fellow humans; take your life into your own hands! Put the time you have on this earth to good use by doing the things that give you joy and not absentmindedly following the flow of the world around you.

'Filterers' unite! 
Z