Our Head

                                      Our Head

We walk around with a brain more powerful than any machine we've ever built.
But we use it to repeat the same tired thoughts, chase shallow pleasures, and avoid discomfort.
We think we're "thinking," but most of the time we're just spinning.

The real problem?
We don't feed our minds with anything new — we just recycle noise.

1. Our head is full of noise, not thought

Most of what runs through our mind isn't deep or useful — it's clutter.
Notifications, opinions, headlines, gossip, fears, nonsense.
And we absorb it all without question.
Then we wonder why we're anxious, tired, distracted and lost.

Your mind is not a trash can. Clean it.

2. We fear discomfort more than failure

We avoid anything that makes us feel uneasy.
Speaking up. Changing habits. Trying something bold.
But real thinking happens outside comfort.
The mind grows through friction, not by floating.

If we never leave our safe little loops, we never become anything new.

3. We confuse distraction with rest

We scroll for hours and call it "relaxing."
We binge-watch, overeat, game, swipe — and pretend it's "recharging."
But our head never rests. It just goes numb.

Real rest comes from silence. Reflection.
And reading — deep reading — gives the mind something better to do than run in circles.

4. We don't read anymore — and it shows

When was the last time you got lost in a book?
Not a tweet. Not a blog. A book.

Reading opens new doors in the mind.
It lets us visit other times, other minds, other worlds.
Da Vinci. Marcus Aurelius. Orwell. James Baldwin.
You sit with giants, and your own mind grows taller.

A person who doesn't read will never escape their own head.

5. We follow our thoughts instead of leading them

Most people let their thoughts drive them around like a broken taxi.
Wherever the mind goes — they follow.
But your mind isn't your master. It's your tool.
And if you don't take the wheel, it will crash you into fear, laziness, and regret.

Train your thinking, or be ruled by it.

6. We avoid reality

We don't want to look at the truth:
Our bank balance. Our relationships. Our addictions.
So we stay in our head — safe, disconnected, drifting.

But a head disconnected from reality is dangerous.
It turns into fantasy. Delusion. Paralysis.

Only truth can free us.

7. We've made boredom our default setting

Most people today aren't overwhelmed — they're under-challenged.
Their thoughts are small, predictable, untested.
We think the same. Feel the same. Live the same.
And we wonder why life feels flat.

But the problem isn't life — it's what we feed our head.

Closing: What's in your head?

If you don't take control of your mind, the world will fill it for you.
With junk. Fear. Distraction.
And you'll wake up one day wondering where your life went.

So read. Think. Speak. Write.
Expand your world. Challenge your mind.
Because no one escapes a cage they can't see.

Raymond and Ken