I was talking to a lady today and while we were “talking” (she was paying more attention to her phone than me unfortunately) she realized that she just got a data warning, regarding her cell phone bill. She had reached her full data limit in only 15 days and with 15 days to go until her billing cycle flipped over, she realized she was going to have to deal with her true reality for 15 days straight, without her usual “anti social” media distraction dopamine hits.

Given her reaction, you would have to figure she heard that the world was ending and that she was going to be killed first. Beyond the obvious talking points of how many North Americans have completely lost the plot in their own lives or how our culture is prime for take over because most everyone in acting like a perpetual infant……..are the lessons of self sabotage. Today most people are addicted to one thing or another and rely on those addictions to block their hollow and painful realities…..and that’s perfectly fine until you muster the strength to clean up your own psychic junk yard. Unfortunately the woman I was talking to is nearing 50 and she’s been distracting and sedating so long, she doesn’t know where the illusion ends and reality begins. Her life is beyond chaotic and she counts on social media to give her the dopamine hits she needs, because her real life isn’t capable of giving her the same pleasure or happiness. It’s sad. So when she heard she had 2 weeks of her reality to deal with, without her phone full of distraction and social media driven dopamine injections, she had a break down. How empty, soulless, meaningless and futile does your real life have to be, in order to have a break down like this? And that’s why it’s important to pay more attention to your real life, so you can make the necessary changes, in order to find real happiness and meaning.