Slaying The Feed Dragon: How To Ensure You’ll Live A Good Life
Stop Scrolling, Start Living
There’s a monster right behind you. You can’t see it, but it chased you here. Without you even realizing, it towers over you, guiding your every step. It’s a relentless, insidious beast that never sleeps. Every minute of every day, it tries to push you off the path of righteousness into the pit of regret.
That monster is the Feed Dragon and today we’re going to slay it.
You scrolled to get here. You scrolled through your Medium feed, an email, Facebook, Twitter, or maybe another post. But you scrolled to get here. Think about how much time of your life is spent scrolling.
When you’re scrolling — with your finger, your mouse, your eyes — whether that’s on your phone, tablet or laptop, you are doing one of only two things:
- Reading.
- Seeking.
The reader has arrived at her destination, but the seeker’s not there yet. She’s searching, scanning, hoping to find what she is looking for. But what are we looking for? Often times we don’t know, because we weren’t searching to begin with.
The Feed Dragon is merely dictating our next step. It is an evil creature, spawned by the progress of civilization. The Feed Dragon only…
