Today, we all are Living in virtual Or rather I would say in a “disruptive world”. I am saying this because each of us is distracted by the content,events and opinions, which are truly not related to us or neither going to have any significant impact in our life.
Continuous Upgradation of the technology pave the way for overconsumption of the content through digital or social media outlets.
This is causing the serious disruption to our mind's processing ability, which is limited. Also impacting our quality of life.
In today's world our mind works in hyper active mode because it is continuously analyzing the events or things which are happening around us.
This means our mind always remains in the processing mode and loses the thing called “ Resting or Reset”.
If this is happening with you then “ Welcome to the Digital World”.
One thing I would like to make clear ... .being digital is not bad but over of everything is quite bad.
Why being digital taking a serious toll on mindful living?
Here's some of the major disruption of digital age.
- Living in the Virtual and Anonymous World without real life connections... Over time causing the problem of loneliness.
- Cut off from the near or dear ones and more time on screen, negatively impacting the health.
- Overconsumption of the content driven by social media outlets disturbing the mind.
- Lost the "peace of mind" in the distracted era of continuous analysis.
- Overconsumption of the information puts our mind on Autopilot mode.
- Lost the importance of social connection in our lives.
- Ignore mental wellbeing and physical health.
- Most important above all is ... “Reflection” in life becomes luxury for us.
These are some of the disruptions which I personally felt in my life. I am sure each one of us is experiencing some kinds of subjective disruption in our lives. Something may be like… reduced concentration on studies, loss of quality relationships ... as we get too busy with not so important tasks.
Now, I can only say that “ We all are diving the same boat of restlessness”.
These are some of the practices which I personally adopted and that worked for me to reduce digital distractions and put me on the path of mindful living.
1.Be present in the Moment
This is the first practice I seriously opted to come out from the past regrets and future uncertainties.
In other words this is called “OVERTHINKING”, the root cause of our restlessness.
This problem gets stimulated by the online world immensely.
By seeing others doing good on social media, we subconsciously start comparing our lives with their lives. This brings us huge mental pressure and we start looking ourselves as a failure in life.
And we start living more in our head than in the present moment and lose control on our mindful living.
Along with this we also become helpless when it comes to finding peace of mind…because there is so much to process in this virtual world.
Now, let me tell you what worked for me is the..... “Reading”.
Yes… Since I started reading, it frees my mind for a longer span of time. It helps me to present more in the moment than my head.
Being present in the moment makes one reflect more ... than process in life. This really paved the way for mindful living in the era of digital disruption.
2. Have a Goal…please
I am saying this because… . One thing you might have realised is that “ The more you have time , the more you get trapped into a non-existing digital world”.
In a directionless life we often lose control of ourselves along with our lives, and we channelize our energy and time for things which are making us more anxious.
We tend to spend more time in the virtual world. Because we have nothing meaningful to do in our lives.
To come out of this loop of nowhere… . I reset my goal and draw a clear framework to achieve them.
I am sure this will also work for you, once you set your goal.
Because, Having a goal keeps you engaged and channelizes your energy for productive tasks. As it gives you purpose in life it also drives you towards making a meaningful and prosperous life.
3.Take a Pause
In our lives we often witness the “hush-hush culture” that is rewarded by society and by the family. We often try to copy that in our lives.
But, do you ever think, Is it really important to hustle in life?
Can't we do things or our jobs with a peaceful and harmonious mind?
For that we need to take a “pause” in our lives. Pause before doing simple things like thinking,speaking and taking any actions in our life.
Taking a pause doesn't mean stopping, rather it leads us to reflect more than react in life.
Here, reflection means analyzing the action and their outcomes from the perspective of a meaningful and quality life.
So, take a pause and sit with yourself for some time. It will give a bird eye view of your life. This will declutter your life effortlessly.
4. Have a Strong Social Network
Japanese culture highlights the importance of the social network. The famous book “Ikagai” emphasizes having a social network is really important to lead a meaningful life.
The social network means having a bunch of close friends or family, with whom you can share your goods and bads of life. Various studies backed by scientific research often explain that real life connections add a positive impact in our lives.
And in the end of life the real life connections are going to matter more than bank balance.
See your network as a spice that adds flavor to your life.
5. Practice Gratitude
I know each of us often heard this advise frequently. But, this seriously works. This brings the universe into the picture.The more we practice gratitude in our life the more we receive from the universe.
There is always something to be grateful for in life.
Here, what I understand from this practice is that “Gratitude turns our negative mental attitude into positive mindset”.
When we practice gratitude, we forget the complaints that we are having from the life.
Thus, gratitude builds a positive mindset that has a cascading effect on our life, career and relationship and makes our life more beautiful and meaningful in this disruptive world.
6. Regular Digital Detoxing
Taking breaks from the virtual world on a regular basis saves us from the “ Digitalization of life”.
Being in the digital world often leads to problems like depression, mental health issues. Today people gives more importance to phone than enjoying real world things. They forget the fragrance of the first rainfall, cradle of a child and talking to the close ones.
So, regular break from the devices is mandatory to reorient our focus on the things which are worthy.The limited use of the device's and regular digital detox filters our minds as well as our lives.
Just leave the Gazette behind and explore the life you just got one life.
7. Keep learning the New Skills
Today's digital world has not just brought disruption in our mindful lives, but also provides opportunities to enhanced our skills, if we are well versed with digital tools and their applications.
For example CHATGPT, DeepSeek… . These are the most revolutionary platforms that humans have created so far and these are taking human creativity and imagination to the next level.
These platforms drives us towards learning and adding value to our life.
Skills connect mindful living with upgraded mindful living. Meaning the more we are skilled the better we become and we better live a mindful life.
8. Physical exercise
Everybody wants to be fit and slim as it boosts their confidence, especially in social settings.
But, barring few who are ready to take their time out for exercise and work upon themselves.
Most of us are too busy in our so-called virtual world.
For us being digitally present is more important, because missing from there might lead to FOMO.
For that we are ready to neglect our physical health as if our body belongs to someone else.
But, we should not forget that physical fitness may be different from mental fitness. But both are complementary to each other. Being physically fit gives us a sense of achievement for fitting in a framework of the mindful life.
Since I began my physical fitness journey it not only boosts my confidence but also improves my mental wellbeing and makes my life further valuable.
Thus, I seriously recommend all of you to just love yourself, be in shape and rest will follow you.
9. Set boundaries in life
This means there is no need to be involved in everything that is happening around us. Or there is no need to know everything about everyone.
Also it is not necessary to check every notification, answer every call and reply to every email.
Limit your curiosity to know everything about everyone. And see the results, you will be shocked. Follow this for a week and see the difference.
You will start respecting yourself. Your concentration will be high on the things you do. You will start enjoying solitude, which is a significant step towards living a meaningful life.
Boundaries, whether digital, social or physical, often protect our authenticity. This will keep us on the exclusive path of continuous starving for meaningful and mindful life in the era of disruption and distraction.
10. Write a Journal
A traditional, yet conscious method for inner engineering. Writing about goals,aspirations and manifestation sometimes provides us a much needed break from digital life.
This also makes us conscious about our thoughts and thinking.
Since I started writing journals I have realized that my thoughts became more clear and organized.
It provides clarity about life and how to make it further meaningful for the betterment of ourselves.
Key Takeaways
In the end I would like to share my story, how I got into the “mindful living” from “just living”. All this started with a book “MINDSET” By Carol Dweck.
This book taught me that there are two types of the mindset, positive and negative mindset. While the positive mindset focuses upon learning and improving. A negative mindset focuses on having fixed qualities and talent. And which mindset do you have determines how well you will live your life?
No doubt like everyone else I also strive to live meaningfully and do something meaningful in life for me and also for my loved ones.
But, it is quite difficult in the current tech and digitally driven world.
Still, I try my best to deliver this message to all of you who are looking for a pause to make their lives meaningful and mindful in this digital world of ours.
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