MOAR Media and the Dissolution of our Inherent Excellence
Do you ever feel like you’re on auto pilot? Checking out from life, or simply reacting vs living? Is there a leech at your side, maybe even known but impossible to detach from? ADHD or Autism behaviors got you stuck in life? Yet you know, deep within, there is more to you? You know you were destined for greatness! Ready to slay that beast that’s holding you back?
Introduction - An AuDHD Writing Side Quest!
I wrote this some time ago and finally cleaned it up. I was on Porn Hub…..”browsing,” and was sorta smacked in the face with videos of 4, 8, 16, videos all simultaneously playing. Next to those videos were others of “Jack-Off Challenge” and themed vids. I mean, why waste time right? And then it hit me….
While I’ve had the AWARENESS of the churn of MOAR MEDIA for years, I think seeing the shift in porn videos really brought it home. It was my own overwhelm that brought it home.
The real tissue here, I mean issue, is how trapped many of us are consuming stuff that doesn’t truly fulfill us over longer periods of time. When you have something bigger than your distractions, you no longer become managed by those distractions. This is something I spoke of in another post HERE. And the real issue here is the distractions keep gaining in strength. We figure out new ways to distract or ensnare our attention, our lives, our purpose. It sucks. I was there for much of my life.
Somewhere in my AuDHD brain these words came to mind. I’m sharing it with you, dear reader, to potentially inspire you into action! Let’s dive in!
MOAR Media and the Dissolution of our Inherent Excellence
More intense, more colorful, more exciting. Media is there for you with MOAR. When interest and spending wanes then multiple videos in one is the cure! What could be better than a chef gesturing wildly in explanation of the right way to eat spaghetti coupled with the latest playthrough of Shooter #43?
When two isn’t getting the likes then it’s four, eight, sixteen!! What you want will be delivered. Sixteen simultaneous porn videos at once? Done! Never fear. The media has you. Will have you.
Interest in sex and excitement waning? Have no fear, for FEAR is there to pick up the slack! Fear Of Missing Out, fear of the future and fear you’re “doing it wrong” are there to refocus attention on that which WILL get you!
As life goes unrecognized and underutilized, peaks of anxiety may crest into consciousness as reality begs for attention. Have no fear and fear no longer as calmed nerves are but a click away…..
Dopamine draining and serotonin-inducing compilation videos of funny cats, ASMR women scratching, wasteful mukbangs, farm animals with buckets on their heads and “faith in humanity” playlists have you covered.
You became tired of just one video long ago.
As interest continues to wane, shopping makes itself known. Unboxing videos promising “luxury goods” focus instead on “luxury packaging,” or what once was called trash. 2 seconds and 2 calories later and cheaply made goods are OTW!! The parade of boxes with promising reward need not stop.
“Enough is enough!” I hear you say. “These mean nothing to me. I have long since ignored them. I work to better myself, to learn, to develop!”
And thus we may sit at our desk, in the restaurant with friends and family, or by ourselves, deep into the night learning from an endless lexicon of tasty information. Countless tombs of video knowledge, online classes, research papers, and pdfs pull at our curiosity, wonder and, perhaps, ego?
How much information consumed is never utilized? How many skills, born of “how to” videos and podcasts are never actualized to create deep understanding, capability, and dare I say, passion? “Doing” was lost along the way as “understanding” quantum mechanics and “problems with urban planning” eat away at our time.
And yet, if still not satisfied with the state of our lives, the best of our intentions can be buried under a desire to improve ourselves. Self help guides, cold plunges, body building techniques, trauma recovery and motivation videos and guides promise relief. You’re doing it wrong and fear of missing out capitalized on within punchy title thumbnails!
Even “how to” videos, apps, tips and guides for ADHD and Autism, just like my own social media you read right now, create an endless cycle of dopamine expectation for quick solutions.
MOAR media will not build true FIRE IN YOUR BELLY! Sustained PURPOSE and DESIRE to propel you into passionate effort requires work, sleepless hours, pain, tears, and rebuilding of yourself. Passion is found in the work that brings you to life! MOAR media knows this and it sits in the valley of despair and distraction between you and your dreams, offering knowledge, hope, sex, action, violence. It is the BEAST which only YOU can slay! DESIRE within us cannot be stoked into PASSION with this leech at your side! It is time! Time for ACTION!
⚔⚔ Pick up the sword of your DESIRE to become strong and skilled! ⚔⚔
Face that which scares you to be BRAVE!
Lean into the work to build PERSISTENCE and MOTIVATION!
Hold fast the shield of PURPOSE to be “MIGHTY MAGNIFICENT YOU” AND SLAY THE FU#$IN BEAST of DISTRACTION!
🔸🔶 THIS PERSON IS IN YOU. 🔶🔸
Maybe you haven't seen them yet? More likely forgotten. You’re still here after all. Buried under the CRAP of a life too HARD to COMPREHEND? Too small to hear the TRUTH and GREATNESS of WHO you are, but only in moments of gut instinct. Words delivered from trusted space deep within.
That life that once unmade the child still offers the GOLD of the MODERN WARRIOR! If one is willing to re-forge beliefs in that crucible of pain.
“But how?” I hear you plea. The reality of growth and strength need not be so difficult, so bold, nor so strenuous. Hear these words WARRIOR:
“Struggle without judgment lest you be defeated even before you begin.”
No “warrior of success” learns to slay the beast in one lesson. It is the repeated moments, the DOING and not the completion where one must focus previously scattered attention. The safety of overthinking and drawn out catharsis will rot away at progress if left unfettered.
“The LIFE you desire and WHO you wish to be may be found in each waking moment.”
This self-awareness and reflection can set you on the path of success. Pick up pen and paper as weapons against the chaos in your life. Sort. Organize. Truth will bubble up in the silence, pleading to be attended to. Mere moments of action from those thoughts and writings and THE WARRIOR FINDS HIS FOOTING!
Know that if it was easy it would already be done.
This is the path of doing. Repetition is key. MOTIVATION, PERSEVERANCE, PURPOSE and PASSION are found along the way, not before. KEEP GOING!
The road is long, commensurate with your DESIRES. You alone define this path. Seek help. Mentors, guides, advisors, friends….
NO HERO GOES THE JOURNEY ALONE! REST! Care for yourself.
Care for the body, mind and spirit of the WARRIOR as fundamental to SUCCESS. Rise anew each day, each moment, to continue forth into the unknown of your desires.
What could be done in one moment, one hour, one day, to engage in life? The skills to manage this BEAST of distraction, to remain engaged, grow when invoked, just as one might learn to swing a SWORD.
Where could this WARRIOR WITHIN be in a week, a month, a year?
The life you want is built moment to moment, decision by decision, from that fire built and stoked within you. This is the shortcut you are looking for.
ACTION TODAY, ACTION TOMORROW! YOU ARE MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!
Take a MIGHTY swing today at the BEAST OF MOAR, THE LEECH OF DESIRE, and claim that which is your right! Your life!
You got this…..one moment at a time. ❤❤ ⚔ ❤❤
When you’re ready to slay the beast, find your greater self, and kick some ass, give me a ring. No one does this alone. I’ll be here when you’re ready…
Additional Reading:
If you don’t manage “priority” it will manage you. - A post I wrote, mentioned in the introduction, where I go over ways to create and manage your priority by having something BIG in your life you want to do!
Believe in Yourself: Cultivating Confidence and Self-Esteem with ADHD - Part 1 - The first in a three part post I wrote all about building energy within you to tackle the bigger problems!
The Impact of Problematic Pornography Use in Men - Article with plenty of reasons to cut down on the stuff.
Never Enough? Why ADHD Brains Crave Stimulation - There’s a big link between ADHD and addiction. Porn fits nicely in there.
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