You weren’t built for notifications.

Your nervous system was designed to react to sudden changes that actually mattered:a rustle in the bush, a new smell, a change in someone’s voice.

Every ping on your phone hijacks that same ancient system.Your brain registers: “Something’s happening. Could be important.”Most of the time… it isn’t.

So you get stuck in a state of constant micro‑alert:where nothing is truly dangerous, and nothing is truly meaningful, but everything is always “almost urgent.”

If you know that feeling, comment below and don’t miss my full episode on it on Friday.

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