Sunday Story…For whom the Bell Tolls

 

Your phone and mine seem to be constantly beeping and chiming. It’s this constant call to attention…look at me! Here I am! Over Here! Answer me! Now! It’s important! Beep, beep, chime, chime. There’s no escaping the constant barrage of the pulls on your attention.

 

It doesn’t matter if it’s not my phone. The bells get your focus even when it’s not yours. You will still feel anxious and distracted when they go off and you don’t do anything. It doesn’t matter that it isn’t yours, you still react.

 

Like Pavlov’s dog when the bell tolls we salivate. We have been conditioned to react this way. We don’t even know we are doing it. We have become slaves to the call. A product, if you will, of years of training.

 

At this point, most of us don’t even realize how deep the hooks are set. We even reach for someone else’s phone when it beeps! This is not OK. None of us signed up to be a servant to the bell tolling.

 

Turn off your notifications! At least turn them off at night! Better yet, turn them off completely and then mindfully choose when to look things up. Take charge of when you want to be notified. BE conscious about your choices; break free from the tyranny of the bell.

 

For whom the bell tolls? Not for you anymore!

 

John Mariotti

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