Today I have an image of an open and closed eye. The open eye is filled with light and stimulus from all the media, conversation, and information available to us constantly. The closed eye offers rest and an opportunity to track what is happening within.

One way we manage information overload is dissociative information consumption, aka the doomscroll. It becomes compulsory. But if all we do is consume with no chance to digest, we become hollow and overfull simultaneously. We lose touch with the wisdom of the body and our own creative powers.

Take time for rest, for silence, for inward reflection. Go for a walk if you feel overstimulated. Take a nap. Do what it takes to get a moment to recenter and check in with yourself and how you’re experiencing the moment. Then re-engage with this knowledge.