Your secret advantage as a creator

Let's face it.

The creators, geniuses and inventors of the past had a huge advantage.

They didn't have the Internet.

The Internet has brought tremendous good for creators, but at the same time, for the unaware, it has brought a modern brand of chaos.

Without the untold abundance of the Internet, they were free to create.

And it's not just that they had far fewer distractions and shiny juicy things to compel them online.

Their dopamine receptors weren't fried.

When we're continually stimulated by videos, games and notifications, we're scientifically proven to lose our motivation for other, less stimulating things…

Like work.

Like writing.

Like every day little joys in life.

No bueno.

Most people are hooked up to the net and all its sugary offerings most of the day.

I know what this is like because I've been watching far too many YouTube videos and I can see what it does to my excitement for work.

It gets tanked.

Online, you get ping after ping after ping from various seemingly satisfying hits of dopamine.

Like eating one sugary donut after another.

The problem is that by the time you sit down to get any work done, especially creative stuff that relies on an unclouded mind, it's like walking through molasses.

You feel resistant and a bit depressed.

You wonder why you can't seem to find your flow anymore.

And you blame it on not being a very motivated person.

That's hogwash.

You're fried.

Most people operate on 1/10 in terms of used-up dopamine that should be directed to creating.

You can get it back up to 8 or 9/10 when you do one thing:

Decrease your source of artificial dopamine.

Cause and effect.

This means getting less of your joy from fake crap online and more of it from actually creating and writing.

I was amazed recently to find how much time I had when I just simply stopped running to YouTube videos for daily entertainment.

It's not an easy thing for many to do.

But you can make small adjustments.

Like watching an hour less YouTube today.

With every less hour spent consuming high stimulation stuff, you regain that little bit extra zest for life and creativity.

With that creativity, it's like seeing the world a little different to most.

People respond to that energy.

Rebalance yourself.

Regain your advantage.

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Until next time,

Alex