Are you facebooker? Or

Are you twitting bird?

What are you consuming?

And what is its effect on

your intellectual nutrition?

Scanning Tweets,

scrolling through

Facebook, hitting refresh

on news sites

You are getting hungry.

Aren’t you?

Because there are a

hungry monster in your

mind.

HUNGRY MONSTER

Are you find yourself feeling like you have “information obesity”?

It’s pretty clear when you’ve consumed the wrong things in the

wrong amounts.

INFOBESITY

How do you start “eating

right” intellectually?

It’s a matter of being aware, and most

importantly, providing ourselves with

ready alternatives.

It starts with the realization that

browsing the web doesn’t necessarily

make you smarter, any more than eating

means you’re healthy.

STEP ONE Measurement

Like most things it’s always a good idea to get

a baseline before your start changing your

habits. Start to try and get an idea of how

much you’re consuming. When doing this Clay

Johnson advises counting the stuff that

requires effort for you to consume – “anything

that involves a power button, page, switch, tap

or click”. He also suggests starting a media

journal to give you a hand.

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Step TwoCut out cable TV.

Trying to go on an information diet with TV is “like

trying to go on a diet while subscribing to a daily fried

chicken and ice cream delivery service”, says

Johnson.

Cutting out cable does two things: reduces your

exposure to advertising, and reduces your ability to

“couch surf”.

Plus, it’s a ton cheaper! Just think of all the dollars

you’ll save by watching your TV through NetFlix,

Hulu, and Amazon.

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Step ThreeAdjust your consumption habits.

Now we’re getting into the nitty gritty.

I’m sure you’ve heard the slogan “Eat Local” before, the

same applies to media consumption.

Start with things that are the most local to you: family

and friends, then local and professional communities,

then international, you get the idea.

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Step FourFix your computer

Try to eliminate anything with a number associated with it.

Your inbox unopened number, notifications from Google +,

desktop notification pop-ups – get rid of them…all.

It’s about ending the battle for your attention on your computer.

Need some help getting this done? Well, Johnson offers a list of

tolls, tips, and resources to hep you out.

http://resources.informationdiet.com/tools.html

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Step Five

Don’t consume information that would be

unrecognizable to your grandparents.

Try and avoid highly processed stuff and go straight to

the source.

Avoid news articles that don’t empower readers or

views with source materials and see out those materials

yourself.

Sources;

http://www.eatexerciselivedifferently.com/clean-optimize-information-diet/

http://blog.mindjet.com/2012/02/info-diet/

https://brianclaessonpatten.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/is-your-information-diet-well-balanced/

http://ecquire.com/blog/our-information-diet/