Over the last year most of us have been restricted in some ways as to how we live our lives. Personally it’s lead me to be more critical of how I’m spending my time. As such I’ve begun to study the world more than I used to, observing how others are spending theirs.

As I’ve sat in coffee shops, worked & walked amongst the general population. Listening, analysing what is being said & to what end it will be used.

A significant veil has been removed. I always presumed that people wanted “better” however they wished to define it. But as the population of the west had time to look inwardly. To ask if the life they are living is one which they actually wanted? Most willingly chose to not even ask the question. Even when admitting in other ways to being miserable & unsatisfied.

When speaking with some NPCs this year about the books they have read (very few) or the Netflix series they “watched” there was a lack of creative output. Instead of seeing what could be transferred into “bettering” themselves, the again chose to stay in place. Personally from “The Last Dance” I took a lot and applied it to improve the way I worked.

For these people, consumption is the prize. They don’t see it as fuel to push themselves further towards their goals, if they had any to begin with.

Ask yourself is the information you’re consuming being used to push you towards your goals? Is it even capable of it?

Will this help get you laid? Probably not in the here & now. But in the long run, maybe.