Hey ,
i have a few things that I sometimes check on my phone.
It's sobering when you think about it.
And that's a calm day pa sa lagay na yan. Usually I'll even hover around 45+ unlocks a day huhu
And that's only on mobile.
Imagine na lang natin how we can even be more distracted on Desktop.
Once masimulan talaga mag scroll, we literally get sucked in.
Pero the whole time, bakit parang pagod na pagod tayo?
That’s the part that got me. Scrolling for open gigs feels like applying. Reading about AI on Reels feels like learning AI. Watching somebody else’s $3k-month screenshot feels like a plan.
Then the day ends and nothing actually moved. No actual work was done.
Let me reframe that with a weird question:
If a stranger walked up to you on the street and said “pahiram naman ng katawan mo for three hours,” you’d laugh at him. Or run.
But we hand over our whole bodies every morning to whoever posted the loudest thing, and we don’t even ask who they are.
A Greek guy named Epictetus wrote that down about 2,000 years ago. So the problem isn’t new. It just has a much better UI now.
Which brings me to the mall security guard.
You know that guy hehe. He's teh one who pokes your bag with his stick, nods knowingly, then waves you through. He’s not really looking. Everything gets in.
GUARD NA TULOG.
Ganyan na ganyan yung attention natin on a normal day, and I don’t think I’m the only one.
So I’m testing one question at the door now, before anything gets in:
“If I let this inside my head, will it make my next decision better? will it increase my income, my well-being, or my happiness this week?”
Not “is this true?” Not “is this intersting?”
Plenty of things are true and interesting and have nothing to do with my week.
If I can’t name one thing I’ll actually do with it, it stays outside.
The same test killed something else for me.
My Drive has a folder of replays — paid webinars, free masterclasses, saved links. A folder of things I bought and never opened isn’t a library. It’s a pile. And it grows because adding is easier than finishing.
Three small things I’m doing this week. Nothing drastic.
Ten seconds before I click. Enough time to ask what I’d actually do with it. Pag wala, close.
Notifications off for groups, not for people. I still need Messengers (linkedin/whatsapp/slack/fb) — doon dumadaan leads ko. But the 100-unread group chats can wait for me.
And the sleep test. After an hour on something: mas kalmado ba ako, o mas kabado? Calm with a next step, keep it. Did I just spike my own cortisol? Stop doing it.
Which is also why I keep bringing this one up.
Pilipinas AI Bootcamp is running Batch 5 — three live nights on Zoom, November 17, 19 and 24, 6-8PM.
I’ve been talking about it for weeks na, but it belongs in this email more than any of the others. A month of reading about AI changes nothing. Three nights with your hands on the keyboard changes your week.
I’m a Batch 1 alum, so I’m biased. Pero that’s also where the thing with Julian came from, and I haven’t stopped building since.
I won’t recommend it if you’re not already using AI in your work — spend a few weeks with it first and those three nights will land way better.
It’s application-based, so there’s no instant checkout. They read every one and only send a payment link if it’s a fit. Nothing gets charged while they review.
Early bird is ₱5,999 until Friday, November 13. ₱6,999 after that, and registration closes Monday, November 16.
Apply here: https://www.pilipinasaibootcamp.com/?ref=shodensan
So ikaw , ano yung feed mo? Yung binubuksan mo araw-araw pero wala ka namang nagagawa sa nakukuha mo doon. Reply and tell me — curious ako kung pareho tayo.
Ako yung job boards. I refresh them like I’m waiting for someone to text back. hehe
Cheers,
Shoden “Guard Na Tulog” San
P.S. I went back and looked at the Screen Time number after writing this. I’m not telling you what they were. But I did close four tabs.
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