The Discipline of Disconnecting

We live in a noisy world. The notifications never stop. The emails never end. The screen is always bright.

It is easy to be busy. It is hard to be effective.

There is a difference between activity and accomplishment. Checking your phone a hundred times a day is activity. Thinking deeply about your future is accomplishment.

Today, we have more tools to connect than ever before. But are we more connected? We are connected to the news, but disconnected from our philosophy. We are connected to the opinions of strangers, but disconnected from our own goals.

You must learn the discipline of disconnecting.

Turn it off. Step away. Walk outside. Look at the sky.

If you are always "on," you are never recharging. The battery that is never recharged eventually dies. Your mind works the same way.

How long should you disconnect? Until you can hear yourself think again.

Some say, "I can't afford to be offline." I say, you can't afford to be online all the time. The cost is your peace. The cost is your clarity. The cost is your future.

Make a new rule for yourself today. One hour of silence. One hour of no screens. One hour of just you and your thoughts.

At first, it will be quiet. Then, it will be loud with your own ideas. That is where the fortune is. Not in the scrolling, but in the thinking.