Thought of the Day #30: Information Overload

I have always felt that I have a small mind. I can hold quite a lot of things in my mind, but in the long run, I prefer to have as few things in mind as possible.

Example. I am editing several files. I find that I can only manage so many variables at once before I collapse in frustration and close everything.

Or tabs. I may open 60 tabs in 5 groups, but at the end of the day, I'm only really using a few of them. When I begin to feel overwhelmed, I close them all.

I think we are all overloaded with information. And I think the more we take in, the more we forget, and the more we want to hold on, to grab more the information. That's just a vicious cycle and an unwinnable game. We are human, not machine.

I believe I do this because I expect myself to be able to process as much information as I am curious. Deep down, my mind feels like it has something to prove.

Therefore, I expect myself to take in and filter just the information that matters to me.