- don’t feel +ve after consuming more- Seen/heard/tasted all of this before- Cribbing & complaining about creators- Missing the “good old days”- Losing curiosity- Feeling downIf you have lost interest in what you are consuming, you have reached the “Blue Dot”.

Indicators that you have reached the blue dot

<ul><li>Recognise Consumerism - marketing is oriented towards one thing – making you believe that consumption will make you happy & successful. No iPhone, movie, book, car, dress, bag or shoes can make you happy/successful. </li><li>Track your time - Watch where you you spend time and track it like you track you expense, understand the spend patterns & budget for important things</li><li> Rule of 10 - When starting a new activity/project, commit to 10 attempts and don’t analyze the results of these first 10 attempts - That’s your buffer to iterate, learn & begin.</li></ul>

How to make the switch? 1/2

There are only two main reasons we consume1. It is useful &2. It makes you happyAfter a certain point the more you consume the lower the returns from the new content - less fun, less enjoyment, no happiness & not useful eitherI call this the “Blue Dot” level

Blue Dot level

<ul><li>You Vs. You - You don’t need another productivity app, another book, another video, the only thing that ruined your plans in the past was your own resistance.</li><li>Short-term planning - Plane the progress in short sprints, here’s a frame works that can be used. Create Something – Ship it – See the Real Feedback – Adapt – Repeat</li><li>Time & Place - This really helped me - Schedule some time time and decide a space for constructive deliberate reading. The combination of fixed time & space helps overcome the resistance and helps in building a habit.</li></ul>

How to make the switch? 2/2

Recent statistics show that an average person consumes about 10.5 hours of media per day - watching movies, shows, surfing the internet, social media, listening to the radio/podcasts, playing with an app & much more.In a world where zillions of bytes of content is created every single day, we are bombarded with options screaming for our attention.The world’s consumption engine is led by - Youtube, Netflix, Tiktok, Instagram…

Consumption Engines

What do the most successful & intellectual people have in common? Do we look up to people who are constant consumers or passionate creators?Coincidentally wealth also needs to be created!

It is time to create 💪

Consumption is convenient - streaming your favorite shows with no commercials, and on your own timetable - what could be better.Creation is stopped before it could even get started because it is hard and it requires effort, focus, motivation & determination.When you create you have to fear failure, ridicule, or criticism, you hold yourself back as that could leave you feeling bad about yourself.Creation = Work & Work = something to be avoided.