Do you ever allow your mind a moment of peace?

We're always watching a screen, listening to music or podcasts, conversing or socialising. But how can we expect to have good mental health when we never allow ourselves time to process the barrage of information we're constantly being fed? I believe that many modern mental problems are the result of this neglect.

Go for a walk every day (without your phone). I recommend first thing in the morning, if you can, because it allows you some 'distance' from the last consumption of information the day before. It allows your mind to filter and organise the info you've taken in, to work out which of it really matters, which needs acting upon, and what your independent opinion on things really is.

"Most people in the so-called West are in such a way culturally trained and socialized that their short-term comfort is their highest good - no matter what they claim otherwise. This comfort ultimately takes precedence over the well-being of their families and the development of their children."

- Die Zerstörung der Menschheit, E. von Cramm

Lions are fed frozen blood during the heatwave in Melbourne.

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