I like your analogy with litter! That's exactly right - litter strewn in our brains by scrolling.
I only started experiencing this littering sensation when I started using Substack last year. It's been a shocked awakening to what many folks live with - and some have even grown up with!
You've nailed the downside of this wonderful Substack tool (and, I assume, all social media). As you say, we need to use the tools, not let them lead, or they play havoc with our brains.
I especially like your antidotes too! I will try them out.
Yes, Ruth, this applies to all social media platforms and not just Substack. Sometimes called "news you can't use" But it's an old tactic used by the enemy to rob and steal time spent that could be spent with our Father or doing His work in the natural.
We fill our minds and hearts with the chuckle or other either emotion that the scroll content is meant to activate, in that time we are not thinking about God.
I like your analogy with litter! That's exactly right - litter strewn in our brains by scrolling.
I only started experiencing this littering sensation when I started using Substack last year. It's been a shocked awakening to what many folks live with - and some have even grown up with!
You've nailed the downside of this wonderful Substack tool (and, I assume, all social media). As you say, we need to use the tools, not let them lead, or they play havoc with our brains.
I especially like your antidotes too! I will try them out.
Yes, Ruth, this applies to all social media platforms and not just Substack. Sometimes called "news you can't use" But it's an old tactic used by the enemy to rob and steal time spent that could be spent with our Father or doing His work in the natural.
We fill our minds and hearts with the chuckle or other either emotion that the scroll content is meant to activate, in that time we are not thinking about God.