Mindfulness, and 10 second Attention span of GenZ

Mindfulness is an asset anyone can have. The remarkable difference of it from any other asset classes you possess is, its available everywhere and anytime. Even when the life is chaotic and stormy. But are we harvesting enough wisdom from our mindfulness field? Or have we left it to grow wild with weed? 😁

Monarch caterpiller

Attention span of GenZ

Nope, it's not us. Generally GenZ doesn't come here looking for answers for the problem of life. GenZ is the generation after the millenia. The kids who were born with umbilical cord one hand and the smart phone on the other. And they will not know what mindfulness is, what silence is. As the marginally hybrid generation Y we have a foot in both worlds. 

Youtube shorts.

I recently discovered YouTube shorts. I have not used TokTok yet. However, I tried making some videos for YouTube shorts. It's far easier as I do not have time or energy to create 5 minute video on drawing. I barely find half an hour of undisturbed peace for drawing. So, a 15 second to 60 second option is attractive for me, being non creator. That's right! You read it correct. It's 15 to 60 second long. Infact all my videos so far In my channel are 10 seconds each ! In a world where everyone blame the attention span of GenZ for being limited I chose otherwise. I chose to show them the drawings took me one hour, in ten seconds. Because I know the value of 10 seconds of human consciouness.

Monarch Larva - Cocoon

First look matters.

First looks matters for anything. From the job interview to a making a sale in a sports car facility, first look matters. Even when YouTube was not there, we used to say do not judge a book by the cover. Yet that is what we always did. We looked for the best cover, and maybe the review on the back. And it took us less than 10 seconds to turn down any offer. Not only for books, consider relationships. Imagine the first time we migrated, and had to change our school. Can you remember the first day? I am sure meeting new kids in the class it only took few seconds to decide where we are going to sit for the rest of the semester. And for that matter with whom we would like to spend our rest of the life with. Love ❤️ at the first sight right? And we watch films about it. I am sure in more than half of romantic dramas on Netflix is about a couple who fell in love at the first sight.  

At this point I can conclude that I have given enough evidence to prove you that, first looks matters. And even a few second memory matters. And I have previously written a whole article about how I can remember only half a second of an seeing elephant for entire four hour journey that I took. It seems there is nothing wrong with attention span of GenZ. In fact they even represent a mixture of our genetic code. Who are we blaming?

Monarch Butterfly.

Importance of a second.

Time and time again I will come back to time. And as you can see 10 seconds are important. But not only ten even one Is important, and if you ask a marathon runner he would tell.

What about a hundredths of a second, and we can ask great ussain bolt and he would confirm. 

How about thousandth of a second. If you ask formula 1 driver, he would confirm transmission time is only 2 milliseconds for modern formula 1 drive.

I want you to imagine, the shortest time interval you possibly can imagine. And in these platonic forms, normal language and mathematics will dissapear. And even quantum would not exist. What will happen if everything stopped for that fraction of time? Will there be a universe after that? As we already know something to exist there has to be something before - chicken and egg. It is not to show you the absurdity of the thought, but to show you the life is a continous flow of fractions of nothingness. And only mindfulness can squeeze into this not math or science.