“You are what you eat.” We all know that to be true. But perhaps, in a deeper sense, “you are what you consume” would be a better mantra for our modern age. Consumption includes not just the material nutrition you eat, but all that you feed your mind as well. Today, most of us are taking in far more “calories” by way of ideas and messages than by food that are shaping us no less.
Our diet should be assessed and refined from time to time to optimize our health. In the same way, we should adjust the media we consume, in all its forms, to optimize our mental and spiritual states. You can always cancel your subscription to that streaming service, unsubscribe from that email list, unfollow that influencer, or toss that book into the donation pile if they’re no longer serving you.
