Saying "No" is the gatekeeper.

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This is such a simple truism...yet so challenging to implement.

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The art of saying "no", giving any f*cks, essentialzing down to the few "musts" is a theme that has been written about in droves. Especially now with #attentionactivism on the rise in the age of distraction.

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Yet, our desire to deviate, distract and detach from what needs our attention is rife. And that's because we're biologically wired to do so for our survival. Only now our savannah landscapes are flooded with digital "dings", enticing "clicks", and endless shiny objects. The need to practice winning back our attention to what matters is becoming an increasingly harder muscle to pump.

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I almost wish I had a complex, intelligent sounding 'how-to' remedy all this. But it's just as crude as learning to lift heavier and heavier weights off the ground.

Which have their nuanced techniques, don't get me wrong (structure, leverage, breath, etc). Yet it's still a progressive set of "no's" that compound over time.

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Start on the lighter things and work your way up.

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