#digitalwellness

social media can be our best friend, and our greatest enemy. but there's a way you can mindfully alter your use of social media to benefit your improvement journey.

let's make our online presence as intentional as our offline one. here's how to create healthier social media habits while staying connected~

morning routine:

no phones first hour

check notifications once

respond mindfully

set daily time limits

positive feed curation

content consumption:

follow inspiring accounts

unfollow negative energy

save posts for later

engage meaningfully

share with purpose

digital wellness:

regular feed cleanse

turn off notifications

set boundaries

scheduled breaks

mindful scrolling

engagement tips:

genuine comments

support others

share knowledge

spread positivity

be authentic

mental health checks:

notice emotional triggers

compare less

practice gratitude

take regular breaks

offline activities

social media should add value to your life, not drain it. it's okay to step back when needed and create boundaries that protect your peace.

virtual hugs, mindy

Gentle notice: this writing has a calming, drifting rhythm. Follow only if you feel safe doing so. ✦ ᛉ ᚨ ᚷ ᛟ ✦

It’s wild how much time has passed, and yet we rarely talk about modernity. Hypnosis over Discord, YouTube, Patreon, pre-recorded audios… Since the plague we won’t name, we live more online than in person. And that changes everything. Even hypnosis.

Back in the day, it was simple: one hypnotist, a chair, a subject, maybe a clock. Nothing else. Now you have panned voices, spirals, background music, white noise, and a silky narrator. Is it the same? Yes… and no.

A live hypnotist is trained to notice microgestures: tiny twitches, breaths, muscle shifts—every subtle signal to know when to advance, when to pause. The induction flows “in the moment.” Online, suddenly, the subject is anonymous. Faceless.

A recording works… but it’s generic. It can guide pre-programmed suggestions: sleep better, quit smoking, focus, calm anxiety. It can also go deeper, if the hypnotist has built a sonic identity and layered triggers—that famous “when I, and only I…” from one of our first posts.

Still, limits exist: No feedback. No adaptation. The hypnotist must trust their technique, because they’re working blind.

And then there’s the other side: the subject. If shy, reserved, frozen in embarrassment during a live session… online opens a door. No one sees them. No one judges. Critical filters soften. They can surrender.

Some people can’t be carried by slow, progressive relaxation. They need complex stimulation: panned voices, overlapping whispers, subliminals, choruses, binaurals. They need the audio to saturate their mind, to drown their thoughts, until they surrender. Only then does the real work begin.

hyperfixation can be a real power if you learn how to aim it right.

it’s not about being maniacal about something and spending hours running in cycles; it’s about reading articles and reddit threads and books, watching videos on YouTube and movies, and listening to podcasts. obtaining information in large volumes and analyzing it.

it can be hard, it can be a struggle, and maybe someone will get to: “why should I do all of this? I can just get a short answer from ChatGPT or something.” and that someone would have a point. BUT hyperfixation’s point is not getting an answer, but getting LITTLE answers on the way to something BIG. and when you gather little answers yourself, and put it all together, you’ll get a result. and even if it’s not new, and you could’ve gotten it simply by receiving an answer from someone or something, it won’t matter. after all, even if there’s nothing new in the world, there will be something that will be YOURS.

hyperfixation gives you deep focus most people struggle to access. it helps you learn faster (because your brain wants to be there), notice details others miss, and keep going longer without needing constant “motivation.” it creates “flow,” which not only feels genuinely good, but can help you improve real skills like art, coding, languages, music—and gives your brain a clear goal instead of scattered noise.

in some way, hyperfixation can actually be a great counterweight to “clip thinking” (short attention bursts trained by endless scrolling), because it retrains your brain to tolerate boredom—and boredom is where focus grows. it gives “earned dopamine” instead of “scroll dopamine.” and it feels calmer and longer-lasting than the quick spike from videos.