{"id":244630,"date":"2020-06-16T06:20:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=244630"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:49:26","slug":"mental-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/16\/mental-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"MENTAL HYGIENE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We talk much about physical hygiene now (with COVID-19). How come we never talk about mental hygiene?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/episodes\/Mental-Hygiene-efh140\">Podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Mental-Hygiene.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>MENTAL HYGIENE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/Mental-Hygiene-efh140\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/DpDyeMEd?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mental Hygiene\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ntay4a-Aek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Mental-Hygiene.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Mental Hygiene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is hygiene?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hygiene\">Hygiene<\/a> in Ancient Greek literally means &#8216;the art of health&#8217; (or the <em>technique<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/\u00cf\u201e\u00ce\u00ad\u00cf\u2021\u00ce\u00bd\u00ce\u00b7#Ancient_Greek\">tekhne<\/a>] of health).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/\u00e1\u00bd\u2018\u00ce\u00b3\u00ce\u00b9\u00ce\u00ae\u00cf\u201a#Ancient_Greek\">Hugies<\/a> (same word as hygiene) comes from From Proto-Indo-European *h\u00e2\u201a\u201ayu-g\u00ca\u00b7ih\u00e2\u201a\u0192- (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153long life\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So in some ways, hygiene is to be healthy \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and to be &#8220;healthy&#8221; means to have a long and strong life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then comes the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What is mentally healthy for you? What can give you a strong mind?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What sickens your mind?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news. Social media. Your phone. Negative people with negative talk. We talk about &#8216;detoxing&#8217; the body &#8212; why not detox your mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to become more mentally hygienic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To me, mental and bodily is the same. Whenever I read some bullshit online, it creates a hormonal cascade of norepinephrine, cortisol, and all these other stress hormones. It causes my body to physiologically deteriorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus as a consequence, I quit the news. I stopped reading, following, watching, or consuming the news since around 2014. It has been the best thing I have done for myself. The ultimate &#8216;productivity&#8217; hack. Less bullshit in your means more opportunity and space for your mind to truly think interesting and deeper thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/16\/adblock-for-the-mind\/\">Adblock for your mind<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all got ad blockers on YouTube, social media, the internet, etc. I have not met a single programmer or computer scientist who doesn&#8217;t have some sort of AdBlocking plugin on Chrome, Firefox or Safari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus makes me wonder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What if we could create an Adblock of sorts for our own mind?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How could we do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/16\/adblock-for-the-mind\/\">Some thoughts: Adblock for the Mind &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talk much about physical hygiene now (with COVID-19). 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