How I'm Learning To Think Clearly
Summary
TLDRThe speaker candidly shares their struggle with mental clarity and the perpetual brain fog caused by the modern era's information overload. They identify the culprits, including the consumption of bite-sized media, hastily adopted opinions, and the disproportionate input-output of information. The script offers solutions like engaging in more output, consuming thoughtful content, reducing short-form content, and dietary adjustments to enhance cognitive abilities, emphasizing the importance of mental discipline and intentional consumption for clear thinking.
Takeaways
- 🤯 The speaker struggled with brain fog, feeling unable to think sharply or communicate clearly, often resulting in unfocused and chaotic thoughts.
- 🔄 The constant cycle of consuming bite-sized media has conditioned people to have short attention spans, affecting their ability to process information deeply.
- 📉 The adoption of opinions without understanding can hinder the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and defend one's stance in discussions.
- 📚 Engaging in meaningful output, such as writing or speaking, helps clarify thoughts and improve mental clarity by training the mind to focus and articulate ideas.
- 📈 Reading full articles, listening to entire conversations, and understanding the process behind conclusions can enhance the depth of thought and reasoning.
- 📝 Keeping a food log and adjusting diet can have a significant impact on cognitive abilities, with the speaker finding that avoiding carbs in the morning improved mental clarity.
- 📉 The prevalence of short-form content can lead to an overload of information without depth, causing mental strain and reducing the capacity for deep thought.
- 🧠 The importance of reducing the intake of short-form content and focusing on a few key ideas to develop a deeper understanding and better mental models.
- 👂 Listening to experts and seasoned thinkers can provide frameworks and patterns for processing thoughts and information more effectively.
- 📝 The value of revisiting written content on the same topic to achieve a higher level of clarity and understanding, serving as a reference for future discussions.
- 🌟 The speaker emphasizes the importance of being mindful of what is input into the brain and body, as both processed food and opinions can impact mental clarity.
Q & A
What was the main issue the speaker faced in their thought process and communication?
-The speaker struggled with a lack of mental clarity and sharpness, which made their thoughts feel like a blender on a perpetual mixing cycle, and they had difficulty communicating their ideas clearly and concisely.
Why did the speaker feel frustrated when trying to communicate their ideas?
-The speaker felt frustrated because they could not effectively convey their ideas in a single, clear sentence and often followed up with rough, choppy sentences that only added partial clarity.
What is the 'Mind curse of bite-sized media' mentioned in the script?
-The 'Mind curse of bite-sized media' refers to the trend of consuming content in short, easily digestible formats like TikTok, YouTube shorts, and social media reels, which conditions the brain to engage for short periods and recalibrate frequently, leading to difficulty in maintaining focus and processing information deeply.
How does the consumption of bite-sized media affect one's ability to think clearly?
-Consuming bite-sized media can condition the brain to only process information in small quantities and for short durations, making it difficult to maintain extended moments of concentration and engage in deep, independent thought.
What is the problem with hastily adopting opinions without evaluating them?
-Hastily adopting opinions without evaluating them leads to a superficial understanding of those ideas, making it difficult to think through, communicate, and defend them effectively because the understanding is limited to the basic summation of the argument without the foundational knowledge or steps that led to that conclusion.
Why is it important to understand the steps that lead to a conclusion when forming an opinion?
-Understanding the steps that lead to a conclusion is important because it provides a solid foundation for an opinion, allowing one to think through, communicate, and defend it effectively. Without this understanding, opinions are often superficial and lack depth.
What is the issue with the current state of info input versus info output in society?
-The issue is that the input of information has increased dramatically, especially with the prevalence of social media, while the ability to organize thoughts through output has not kept pace, leading to an overload of information and a lack of clarity in thought processes.
How can engaging in more output help improve mental clarity?
-Engaging in more output, such as writing, speaking, or teaching, helps to clarify thoughts and ideas by forcing the mind to organize and articulate them in a coherent manner, which can then serve as a reference for future conversations or thought processes.
What is the benefit of reading full articles or listening to entire conversations on a singular topic?
-Reading full articles or listening to entire conversations on a singular topic allows for a comprehensive understanding of the subject, providing insight into how conclusions are reached and supporting information is evaluated, which in turn enhances one's ability to think clearly and form well-founded opinions.
How does reducing the consumption of short-form content help with mental clarity?
-Reducing the consumption of short-form content helps prevent the mind from being overwhelmed by a flood of disparate ideas and allows for a more focused engagement with fewer, more meaningful topics, thus improving mental clarity and the ability to process information deeply.
Why did the speaker suggest adjusting diet as a solution to improve cognitive abilities?
-The speaker found that certain dietary habits, such as consuming carbohydrates in the morning, negatively impacted their mental clarity. By adjusting their diet and tracking the effects of certain foods, they were able to identify and mitigate potential mental clarity blockers.
Outlines
🤯 Overcoming Brain Fog Through Mindful Consumption
The speaker begins by sharing their struggle with brain fog, characterized by an inability to think sharply and communicate clearly. They describe their thought process as chaotic and unfocused, often failing to convey their ideas effectively. The speaker then identifies the root causes of this issue, starting with the impact of 'bite-sized media' on our attention spans. They explain how the consumption of short-form content like TikTok, YouTube shorts, and social media reels conditions our brains to focus for brief periods, leading to a lack of sustained concentration in other areas of life. This habit of consuming easily digestible information without depth hinders our ability to think critically and independently.
📚 The Impact of Instant Information on Critical Thinking
The speaker discusses the second side effect of instant information consumption: a superficial understanding of ideas without the ability to defend them effectively. They argue that the lack of exposure to the process of reaching conclusions leads to a population that knows many ideas but lacks depth in understanding. This results in hastily adopted opinions without personal evaluation. The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the steps involved in forming thoughts and the need to move beyond mere adoption of others' conclusions to develop a comprehensive grasp of the subjects that interest us.
🧠 Addressing the Disproportion Between Information Input and Output
The speaker highlights the issue of information overload and the need for a system to organize and process the influx of data. They compare the mind to a closet that needs spring cleaning, emphasizing the necessity of outputting information to clarify thoughts and ideas. The speaker points out that most people struggle with internal dialogue and require external output methods such as conversation, journaling, or teaching to bring order to their thoughts. They also discuss the societal dilemma of too much information input compared to meaningful output, suggesting that this imbalance contributes to brain fog and confusion.
📈 Strategies for Enhancing Cognitive Clarity and Focus
The speaker shares personal strategies they've adopted to improve their cognitive clarity, including engaging in more output activities like mock presentations and writing. They describe the process of creating a 'mock audience' to practice articulating thoughts and the benefits of writing for clarity. The speaker also talks about the importance of consuming content that provides comprehensive understanding, such as full articles and focused conversations on singular topics, as opposed to fragmented information. They stress the value of revisiting written content to refine understanding and the role of experts in providing mental clarity through their structured thought patterns.
🍽️ Dietary Changes as a Catalyst for Cognitive Improvement
In the final paragraph, the speaker discusses the connection between diet and brain fog, sharing personal dietary changes that have improved their cognitive abilities. They mention the practice of avoiding carbohydrates until noon to prevent a drop in mental clarity in the mornings. The speaker suggests that tracking food intake and its effects on cognitive function can help identify potential clarity blockers. They conclude by emphasizing the importance of being mindful of what we consume, both mentally and physically, to enhance mental clarity and reduce the overload that short-form content and processed opinions can create.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Brain fog
💡Information overload
💡Short-form content
💡Mental models
💡Output
💡Diet and cognitive function
💡Mock presentations
💡Internal dialogue
💡Bite-sized media
💡Adopting opinions
💡Info input vs. info output
Highlights
The speaker's struggle with mental clarity and inability to communicate thoughts effectively.
The 'mind curse of bite-sized media' and its impact on attention span and thought processing.
The prevalence of short-form content and its conditioning effect on our brains for short bursts of engagement.
The challenge of adopting opinions without understanding the thought process behind them.
The importance of internalizing and researching ideas beyond initial exposure.
The issue of info overload and its detrimental effects on decision-making and motivation.
The need for a balance between information input and output to maintain mental clarity.
The benefits of engaging in output activities like mock presentations and writing for mental organization.
The method of using a projector and audience footage for mock presentations to simulate real-world speaking.
The effectiveness of writing as a tool for clarifying thoughts and ideas.
The recommendation to read full articles and listen to complete conversations on a single topic.
The practice of rehearsing information out loud after reading to enhance understanding and retention.
The influence of expert discussions and frameworks on internalizing thought processes.
The reduction of short-form content consumption to prevent mental overload.
The impact of diet on cognitive abilities and the experiment with delaying carbohydrate intake.
The importance of being intentional with the information we consume for mental clarity.
The suggestion to keep a food log to identify potential mental clarity blockers.
The overarching theme of the importance of managing both information and physical intake for improved mental function.
Transcripts
for the longest time I was convinced
that I was stupid
because I could not think sharply and I
could not for the life of me figure out
how to communicate clearly my brain felt
like it was this blender full of thought
stuck in some sort of Perpetual mixing
cycle that I couldn't shut off or even
make sense of what ingredients were
being thrashed around inside and because
I wasn't able to order my thoughts
when I communicated it was very
unfocused it was very chaotic and I sort
of just spat opinions out there there
wasn't really any meaningful substance
behind my words oftentimes when I would
have a golden idea that I would want to
contribute to a dialogue whenever I
spoke I always felt like I could never
get
that idea across I might say something
and feel that only 25 of the idea was
communicated and then I would follow
that up with a bunch of rough choppy
janky sentences and that might add an
extra 10 of clarity to the idea and it
always frustrated me because I knew that
there was a precise arrangement of words
that could get my idea across in a
single sentence what was that
combination I wanted to figure that out
and even outside of social situations I
was so frustrated by my inability to
order my thoughts why is it that I can't
seem to follow a line of thought for
more than 15 seconds without my brain
derailing and pursuing a rabbit hole and
going down some other vein of thought
and why is it that each new piece of
information added
feels like it's another dirty sock added
on to a pile of unfolded laundry like
nothing is getting done here because
when your brain is in a fog
it's incredibly hard to make decisions
and it absolutely kills motivation for
me I wasn't able to trust my own
decisions and could never fully think
through a problem to try to come up with
Solutions so I began to rely on other
people's cerebral horsepower to validate
my decisions as either good or bad and
what I slowly began to realize as I
share this frustration with other people
and as I interact with others is that
what I was experiencing is actually
quite a common problem and more
importantly it's an increasingly common
problem because in this era of
information overload that we live in
very few people know how to think
sharply clearly or to think for
themselves in general and I want to
share with you how I've learned and am
learning to solve this problem for
myself and so to that effect I want to
start by addressing the culprits the
root causes behind this sensation of
brain fog that people are dealing with
and when I really spent some time about
a year ago reflecting on each of these
four things that we'll talk about I was
surprised at how unaware people are of
how much of a negative effect they
actually have on your ability to process
information and think and how integrated
they've become into our routines and how
heavily impactful they were to me for
the better when I was able to reduce
these significantly so let's talk about
number one and that is the Mind curse of
bite-sized media so particularly amongst
Millennials in Generation Z the formats
that we Now consume content in are
progressively becoming shorter and
shorter right that's kind of a
no-brainer the language of the internet
in 2022 is short form videos and
condensed ideas Tick Tock YouTube shorts
Twitter and Instagram reels
that entire social ecosystem thrives on
providing digestible information that's
often watered down to make it palatable
to as many people as possible now I'm
not saying that the content is void of
value here we're not critiquing the
substance but the behavior that the
consumption of this content at scale
conditions within us is that of engaging
our brain for a very short period of
time and then recalibrating for example
let's play through a common
browsing pattern in a lot of people on
social media they pull open Tick Tock
for example they play through a video
that maybe is at a duration of a minute
they might even browse the comment
section and maybe they even contribute
to the dialogue and leave some two cents
of their own they leave a comment and
then very quickly they're watching
something new they're scrolling to the
next video in the black hole of the
scroll as they call it and they're
recalibrating and their brain is forced
to restart its focus and they're
training their brain in that way and to
be fair this idea of people having short
attention spans is nothing new Joe's not
getting a Nobel Prize for some
revolutionary Discovery here but what I
had realized is that I'd condition
myself to only being able to process
information in small quantities my brain
muscles were being trained to being
activated for short durations and that
carried over to my conversations and my
independent thought when I was alone
thinking through ideas I wasn't used to
Extended moments of concentration
because I was used to always filling the
boring moments when they arose with
something that was still emulating and
most of that was short form content in
whatever form it took whether it was
tweets inspirational quotes very short
stories or answers on Reddit they were
all short form bite-sized media forms
and as our brains began to adapt to
these short bursts of Engagement and
that conditions this pattern in us and
humans adopt incredibly fast
this also brings another side effect to
the surface and one that I noticed also
stunted my inability or my ability
rather to process information and that
is since most of what we consume online
are the end conclusions of someone
else's own thoughts life or experiences
we are not guided through the steps that
they had to go through to arrive at
those conclusions and to be able to
defend them it's like trying to be a
chef but only ever getting to work with
the meal that's already been prepared
ready to serve to people like you don't
know what the individual ingredients are
how did you get to the point of having
this meal that is ready to be served the
impact of this is that it's led to a
population that knows of a lot of great
recipes AKA ideas thoughts or arguments
whatever
but they're not able to understand them
well they don't understand them well
they take up dead weight dead space in
their mind and
that's because of one of two reasons
number one a because they've never
explored or researched them beyond the
person that they heard them from how
often does that happen to us or B more
importantly
they haven't been exposed to the nested
steps that it took for the person that
they heard that conclusion from to be
able to reach that conclusion because
those conversations that discussion is
boring or oftentimes because it's simply
cut for time which leads us to the
second problem and that is we hastily
adopt opinions instead of evaluating
them here's why this affects your
ability to process information and think
clearly
because if we merely adopt a thought
without understanding how someone else
had to step through information to get
to that
thought to arrive at that conclusion
becomes incredibly difficult to think
through it to communicate it to defend
it effectively because your
understanding is only ever going to be
limited to the basic summation of that
argument the one that you've adopted
from someone else
and we do this with so much that
comprises the convictions that we have
as individuals
we can't defend it because we simply
adopted it because it sounds good people
there are many different uh Concepts to
describe this sentiment some people call
it confirmation bias where we sort of
just blindly upvote things that that we
agree with not because it's it's it's
rooted in any sort of fact but because
it aligns with the previous beliefs that
we had even though the the fact of it is
potentially wrong but the amount of
times that I've been in dialogues with
people where they've introduced high
level Concepts into the conversation and
I've offered maybe just a little bit of
pushback and they cannot even begin to
remotely defend their position because
their understanding of that high level
concept is limited to what they heard
from someone else and they're just
parroting those opinions and to be clear
I'm not some masterful debater poking
the perfect holes and arguments I've
just begun to realize that Society is
full of people who have a very surface
level understanding of oftentimes very
strong opinions and I noticed this
Within Myself and it always frustrated
me that I can never think through these
opinions myself or communicate them
effectively because my exposure to them
was I either always short Limited in
some way or a copy of someone else's and
I didn't realize it until I really had
to confront myself with that behavior
and so I started asking myself these
questions all these ideas that I have in
my head
have I ever really thought through them
how do I know if they're true what does
the opposition say
because there's a huge difference
between merely adopting a thought
because it sounds good
and then really internalizing it through
your own due diligence and research
and having a vast Foundation of
knowledge on a subject and there's a
confidence that comes with that and I
think that's what I was missing because
when I had an unstable Foundation I
found it incredibly hard to think and
speak from a position of clarity and
that was so frustrating because I didn't
have a comprehensive understanding on
really anything because my exposure to
those ideas at best was a 10 minute long
YouTube video that took a high
resolution idea blurted down diluted it
watered down and watered it down and
make it palatable to the masses
and I'm not bagging on any particular
channel here or a format of content the
issue lies in the fact that organization
of thought and Clarity on any particular
subject
is a long-term discipline there are no
shortage of individuals out there who
can tell you a lot of fascinating ideas
thoughts and opinions
but where is the individual who has the
who's exercised the mental discipline to
study a topic in depth to explore the
different experts in the industry and
who's been able to step outside and look
beyond what I call the processed version
of the idea you know the the fast food
version the one that's there to hook you
it's simple it's sugar coated to appeal
to our short attention spans and this
leads us to the third problem I want to
highlight and that is info input is
massively disproportionate to info
output we live in this era of
information overload where we're all
forced to pay attention to this Mosaic
of information we all have these
different information diets and all the
input requires a system of order
in order for us to sort through the
information to process it or else our
mind becomes overloaded and we humans
are incredibly incompetent at sorting
things in our own heads now some people
are incredibly gifted and they're able
to have real internal dialogues with
themselves to clarify murky thoughts but
most of us including myself
need to Output information in order to
clarify thoughts arguments and sort
through the ideas that are just
scattered in our brains it's like we've
been stuffing things into a closet and
spring cleaning is here we need to take
everything out put it into the open and
only then can we sort through it and
discard the Amazon boxes that are just
taking up dead space in our closet we
need a process to bring order to our
thoughts and ideas
and this is often why conversation is so
valuable when we dialogue with another
person it forces us to Channel all these
unfocused ideas into a particular
selection of words that we communicate
to another person that allows us often
to modify our stance on our ideas you
receive feedback
and oftentimes it alternates your
thoughts based off the reactions that
others give us we're able to gauge the
impact of our thoughts sometimes we're
met with validation and acknowledgment
other times pushback in disagreement
both are healthy responses because both
modify our understanding and bring
Clarity to what our stance is on these
thoughts to be able to better defend
them in conversation by the way is just
one form of output there's also
journaling writing video audio teaching
is another one as well but the Dilemma
in society is the fact that people are
engaged very little with any meaningful
form of output at least on the thoughts
that overwhelm them the most the ones
that are just screaming and begging for
clarity
the input of information is skewed to be
far greater than our ability to organize
those thoughts through output and I
don't know what like the happy medium is
whether we should engage in one hour of
output for every hour of consumption but
I do know that input has increased
dramatically over this last decade
especially with the prevalence of social
media and we all know the internet can
be this fire hose of information and
people get overwhelmed very quickly when
they're not able to digest and make
sense of that flood of information I
would honestly encourage you to ask
yourself this question
let me see if I can phrase this right
what chances are you giving yourself
to process
the different levels of input that
you're engaging with
because I can tell you my answer when my
brain fog was added Zenith even just a
few months ago
my answer was none
there was no output I did not allow
myself extended moments of concentration
one thing I've learned about recently
actually is many of the Great
philosophers the mathematicians the
Romans the the Greeks like the really
big names in those domains of knowledge
whenever they would be engaged in some
sort of Senate debate or any moral
dialogue
they would always spend a few days
afterwards retired in their quarters
writing down their thoughts giving
speeches giving very short mock
operations about these ideas so that
they can clarify them in their minds
that ability
to process something and have the best
thought in the world in the moment after
you hear a fresh new idea is rare it's a
superpower that only you select few in
the history of humanity have ever been
endowed with
and it takes time to process information
and so this actually leads us into one
of the four solutions that I want to
share with you that are not necessarily
in uh combat to the four problems that
we address but they will indirectly
check some of those boxes the first
solution I want to share with you that
has massively helped me is to engage in
outputting more now speaking from my own
clunky attempts at trying to organize my
scatter thoughts your first try at
trying to make sense of what is up here
is going to be difficult it was for me
writing doesn't come naturally don't
expect it to be easy because I don't
think people realize how often we really
just parrot points that we hear from
others and when you're forced to
communicate through output you're
training your mind muscles to clarify
what you mean and the beauty of it is
that you're using your own words to do
so one method of output that I take some
level of personal pride in inventing for
myself is what I call mock presentations
in front of a fake audience what I would
do is I found an old projector you can
easily get one off of Amazon for
relatively an inexpensive fee and I
found some old footage of a live
audience from YouTube and I would
project that onto the wall and then I
would deliver have a one-way
conversation with that audience on a
topic that I wanted to sort through in
my mind and the purpose of the audience
was just to simulate that stage
environment to give myself multiple
touch points of focus I.E the different
people that I had to make eye contact
with and it's actually uncanny how
nervous I got in preparing to do these
mock presentations I would keep the
speeches maybe three to five minutes
just speak on something that I wanted to
clarify and work through and figure out
how I would deliver this if I had to
communicate this to another person and I
really do enjoy those I actually still
do them to this day and those mock
presentations is a great form of output
I also tried writing as well which is
actually considered to be more Focus
intensive than conversation itself
writing I actually found to be more
effective than speaking and Performing
the mock presentations to the fake
audience because writing allowed me to
gauge the effectiveness of each sentence
in order to in relation to the whole
point that I was making and I could
revise and change the order as I wanted
in order to bring further Clarity to the
thought that I was trying to put on
paper I would also often revisit writing
about the same topic multiple times I
would pull up in a blank document again
from scratch and write about shipping
containers for the second time which is
actually just a book that I finished
reading through and that round two would
allow me to bring a further level of
clarity to that thought and the best
part of all this is here's the beauty is
that
those ordered thoughts now serve as a
reference for when you engage in
speaking or dialoguing with someone
you're not forced in real time to piece
together all these unfocused thoughts in
a conversation you have a reference and
that is your your written output that
you've engaged in the second thing that
made a huge difference was I made an
effort to read full articles and listen
to entire conversations on a singular
topic I know this sounds trivial but it
made a huge difference in my ability to
think through an idea because the goal
here is to understand how people step
through information to come to a
conclusion or a conclusion that you
might hold as true or valid
what is supporting that instead of
merely just adopting someone else's and
argument or conclusion whatever it is
because it sounds right or because it's
aligned with your convictions podcasts
can be really helpful for finding these
kinds of conversations but I would
encourage you to try to find podcasts
that focus on a singular topic that
you're interested in a lot of podcasts
can get derailed in conversation really
really quickly and it's like
constantly getting split in a New
Direction every five seconds which
doesn't make it much different from
short form content like we talked about
the issues with earlier I've actually
become an Avid Reader of books
particularly in this last year for this
reason because books provide a very
comprehensive overview of usually a
singular topic and as someone who's
always struggled with digesting
information from books in particular one
little exercise that I found to be super
helpful was after each chapter of a book
I would rehearse out loud the
information that I've just read if I'm
not able to make sense of what I just
read then I would revisit and reread the
chapter I would even oftentimes take my
phone record a voice memo of me relaying
the information out loud and then listen
through that the benefit of all this is
it helps to create multiple touch points
for absorbing information you have
reading you have speaking you have
listening and I found a retained
information infinitely better that way
when I engaged in all those three just
as a side note if you do decide to
listen to people talk about a topic that
is of interest to you do try to find
people to listen to who you want to
think like this is why great oratores
are often so revered by the public is
because they're able to make sense of
the unresolved thoughts in our mind they
provide order for us they're able to
voice feelings that we can express for
ourselves and make sense of all the
chaos around us and that's actually a
very dangerous superpower if you really
consider it and keep in mind too that
these these experts that you listen to
and that we see surfaced all over the
Internet they've given years and years
and massive cognitive energy to
researching and understanding these
topics so it's expected that they would
speak very very clearly on it which is
why it is good to listen to these these
false-fledged discussions and the reason
why these discussions are are so
valuable is oftentimes when people speak
especially if they're very seasoned in
their respective domain of knowledge
they speak in Frameworks and they speak
in patterns and we subconsciously pick
up on those and can internalize those as
a way of working through thoughts and
processing information you might notice
that this particular person place
Devil's Advocate a lot and maybe that's
something that you can apply to your own
thoughts that you're trying to work
through so pay attention to those
processing tools that a lot of these
black belt level thinkers use the third
thing that I did is I reduced the amount
of short form content that I consumed
now short form content isn't a bad thing
but in today's social media climate it
is terribly easy to become overwhelmed
by too much information and max out our
mental hard drives it's just far too
easy to do that the quickest way to
overwhelm yourself and to reduce your
mental capacity is to try to upload a
thousand different ideas at once it's
better to have a few select ideas that
you really really understand at high
resolution rather than 50 ideas that
sound great but you don't really are
able to you aren't able to defend them
or you can't execute on them in any
meaningful way I don't think people
realize that we only have a certain
amount of mental energy that we can
devote towards the things that we
interact with and if that is split
between 25 by 50 100 different ideas
that we come across because of short
form content and we do that every single
day we're constantly fracturing our
minds capacity in a thousand different
directions and this is often the
inherent problem with a lot of social
media feeds is that they present us
ideas that are often unnecessary or not
worth our time but nonetheless they take
up mental space they live rent free in
our brains sometimes it's like trying to
build I guess a brick wall but instead
of building vertically with ideas that
you really understand you're building
laterally and so you have this wide
breadth of knowledge of a bunch of
different things but that knowledge is
very shallow and so the best course of
action that I was able to take action on
myself was to reduce the amount of
external stimuli particularly short form
content that I expose myself to and
start to be more intentional with the
information that I sought out number
four adjusting my diet and tracking the
effects of certain foods I realize you
may think this to be trivial
and it might not sound as much of a
solution as some of the other ideas we
talked about but I promise you it
significantly reduced the brain fog that
I used to deal with one of the dietary
changes that I made to improve my
cognitive abilities was to actually not
eat carbohydrates carbs until about noon
so I would not eat them in the morning
whatsoever because when I was trying to
troubleshoot why I could not think
clearly I actually kept the food log for
about two weeks where I would write down
each hour of the day how I felt how my
mental Clarity was and what foods that I
was eating and a pattern started to
develop where every single time that I
would eat carbs in the morning within
half an hour my mental Clarity would
just tank significantly I actually asked
a doctor about this and the simple
explanation that he gave is that my body
would go into processing overload trying
to digest all that food the carbs and
that would take energy away from my
brain which made it very difficult to
process any sort of information in the
mornings and so not eating carbs until
early afternoon has made a huge
difference for me but I realized that it
may be different for every single person
and I'm not not here to suggest a
blanket Solution Diet wise but my
recommendation would be as I did to keep
a food log track the different Islands
throughout the day and note down the
foods that you'll be consuming because
they may be potential mental Clarity
blockers so just recapping trying to
think clearly and sharply has been this
massive undertaking that I've tried to
spearhead for myself over this past year
and I hope these thoughts have helped I
really can't stress enough how important
it is to Be watchful of what we input
into our brains and our bodies as well
because whether it's processed food or
gosh process opinions
mental Clarity can often be increased
simply by decreasing the things that
only serve to overload us but we justify
consuming because it's convenient in the
moment so keep that in mind and also
engaging in some form of output because
output is a mechanism that helps us
clarify and sort through the information
that we have GM packed in our mental
brain closets and when we output that it
helps us develop better mental models
for the ideas and the thoughts that we
have and that's something that can
improve mental Clarity for each person
so on that note thanks for watching
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