Every time you give something your attention, you’re voting for more of it in your life.

Attention is not only consumption, it is instruction. What you watch, click and linger on trains the systems around you and trains you as well, since a mind gets better at spotting whatever it practises spotting. A week of outrage makes outrage easier to find, and the same holds for anything else you feed.

Treat the next hour as a vote instead of a break. Ask what you would like more of and give that the click. It is a small lever, pulled dozens of times a day, and it adds up quietly.