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@ DrJoinOrDie
2025-05-24 20:22:24
I highly recommend that everyone take at least a short break from the constant barrage of entertainment (phones, videos, internet, podcasts, news, social media, etc) and spend a few minutes every day just thinking about everything you've learned that day. Without some type of incubation, it'll never actually turn into a long-term memory.
Us modern folk, who are constantly addicted to entertainment, are suffering from a sort of self-imposed dementia. It decreases your cognitive function and ability to reason. Our memories are shot because we just depend on the devices to remember for us.
Instead, spend time working with whatever you learned that day. Write things down by hand. Review those things every once in a while. Take a walk, or a drive, or just sit with NOTHING going on in the background and contemplate everything. We need to restore our natural intelligence! This is an excellent step. You don't have to step away forever. Just take a little break every day! It is truly healthy for you. It's okay to be bored. In fact, our minds NEED to be bored sometimes.