Ukufunda Izindaba Ezimbi: Kungani Uqhubeka Ufundisa Izindaba Ezimbi Ezikwenza Uzizwe Kuhle Kakhulu

Sekwephuzile. Uthukile. Izindaba zimbi, futhi yonke i-swipe ikwenza uzizwe kancane kakhulu — ukhathazekile, ungakholwa, unokukhathazeka. Nokho, umunwe wakho uqhubeka uhamba, uthatha isihloko esisodwa, umgqa owodwa, ingozi eyodwa. Awukujabulela. Awukwazi ukumisa. Wamukelekile ekufundeni izindaba ezimbi: ukusetshenziswa okungapheli kwezindaba ezimbi, kudlula lapho kukwenza kahle.

Ukubiza lokhu njengenkinga yokuziphatha akuboni kahle okwenzeka ngempela. Ukuhlola izindaba ezimbi akuyona ubuthakathaka — kuyisimo sokuphila esidala esihlangana nezimo zolwazi ezakhiwe ukuze zisebenze ngakho. Qonda le nhlangano, futhi indlela yokuphuma iba sobala kakhulu. Lokhu kungumfanelo wokuthi ubuchopho bakho bwenza lokhu, kungani kubonakala kunzima ukuk停止, nokuthi yini empeleni ephula le ngxenye.

Ubuchopho bakho buwenza kahle lokho obukhuluma ngakho.

Qala ngeqiniso elingajabulisi: ukuhlola izindaba ezimbi kuwukusebenza kahle kobuchopho bakho, endaweni engalungile. Abantu bahlala benokuthanda okubi — umkhuba wokubheka kakhulu izinsongo kunokubona izindaba ezinhle. Emaphusheni ethu, lokho kwakusindisa impilo. Umuntu owayebheka kakhulu umsindo ezihlahleni waphumelela; lowo owawuthatha kalula wathathwa. Izindaba ezimbi zaziyimininingwane ongakwazi ukuyishiya ngaphandle.

Ngakho ubuchopho bakho buphatha izihloko ezimbi njengokuphuthumayo, okumele wazi — futhi bukudla umuzwa wokuthula njalo uma uhlole, njengokuthi usanda kubheka umngcele wezingozi. Inkinga ukuthi umngcele manje ungapheli. Kuhlale kukhona enye ingozi eduze, futhi uhlelo lwakho lokuthola izingozi, olwakhiwe emhlabeni wezingozi eziphelile, alunayo indlela yokumisa ukudla okungapheli.

Ukudlala izindaba ezimbi akuyona iphutha lomuntu. Kuyisimo sokuphila — hlola izingozi, hlala unolwazi, hlala uphephile — kuhamba ngaphakathi kwemishini ekhiqiza inani elingapheli lezingozi zokuhlola. Lesi simo sidala. Iphutha lisha.

Kungani kubonakala kunzima ukuyeka

Umcabango wokulawula

Ingxenye ethile yokugcina uhamba phambili ukuhamba kwakho ibhizinisi elincane: uma ngiqonda kahle le ngxenye, ngizozizwa ngilawula. Ukufunda enye ukuhlaziywa, enye isibuyekezo, kubonakala kufanele kuqedele ukungakhululeki. Kodwa ngezinsongo ezinkulu, ezingenakubalwa — impi ekude, umnotho, isimo sezulu — akukho okokufunda okuletha ukulawula, ngoba akukho okungakwenziwa ngokushesha. Ngakho-ke ukungakhululeki akupheli, futhi uqhubeka ufuna isixazululo esingafiki. Kuyisixhumanisi esivulekile esikhaleni sithokozisa ukusivula phakade.

Imivuzo engalindelekile, futhi

Phezulu kukhona imishini efanayo yokwabelana ngemivuzo eyenza ukuthi abantu bahlale bejolise: iningi lokwabelana liyi-noise, kodwa kwesinye isikhathi kukhona okubalulekile ngempela — futhi le mpikiswano yenza le mikhuba ibe nzima ukuyishiya. Ubuchopho bakho buqhubeka buhamba phambili ngoba ukhetho olwandulela lungase lube lokubaluleka. Sihlanganisa le mshini esihlokweni sethu esithi <a href="/blog/posts/why-cant-i-stop-scrolling/">ubuchwepheshe bezokwelapha bokusebenzisa ifoni ngokweqile</a>.

Lokhu kukwenza kanjani

Lokhu akukhululekile. Ucwaningo lwesikhathi sokuphila kwezindaba eziphuthumayo luhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kakhulu kwezindaba ezidabukisayo nezinga eliphezulu lokucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, futhi ngisho nezimpawu zomzimba. Umsebenzi obalulekile kaRoxane Cohen Silver nabalingani bakhe uthole ukuthi ukuvezwa kaningi kwezindaba kumphakathi okukhathazayo kungase kube nokuxhumana okunamandla kakhulu nokucindezeleka kunokubona okuqondile kwesenzo uqobo — ukumboza, okudliwayo ngokuqhubekayo, kwenza umonakalo walo.

Kukhona nenkinga yesikhathi enobuhlungu. Ukuhamba phambili kokuhlola izindaba kubonakala kakhulu ebusuku, embhedeni, lapho ukuzithiba kuphansi kakhulu futhi ukuvikeleka kosuku kuphansi. Lokhu futhi kuyisikhathi esibi kakhulu sokwenza lokhu: uthwala ubuchopho obukhathazekile, obuphumayo ngengozi, uhlehlisa ukulala futhi ubeka imizwa yokukhathazeka ngosuku olulandelayo. Igumbi lokulala yindawo lapho ukuhamba phambili kokuhlola izindaba kwenza khona umonakalo omkhulu — bheka ingxenye yethu ethi <a href="/blog/posts/phone-in-bedroom/">kungani ifoni yakho ingafanele ukulala eduze kwakho</a>.

Futhi ngokubaluleka, akuvamile ukukwenza ube nolwazi olungcono nganoma iyiphi indlela ewusizo. Ukugcwala ngezihloko ezikhathazayo akufani nokuba nolwazi — ngokuvamile kusho ukufaka umoya ophakeme, ongena emqondweni ophumelelayo okushiya ungenamqondo futhi ungakwazi ukwenza okuthile. Umuzwa wokuhlala unolwazi kanye neqiniso laso sekuhlukanisile.

Indlela yokuphula umjikelezo

Ngoba ukuhamba phambili ngokubuka izindaba ezimbi kuyisimo esithathwe esikhathini esingezinhle kunokwehluleka kokuziphatha, izixazululo ezisebenzayo zisebenza ezakhiweni nasekuqondeni kabusha, hhayi ekusebenziseni amandla. Ucwaningo ngengcindezi, ukusetshenziswa kwemidiya, kanye nezindlela zokuziphatha kukhombisa izinyathelo ezimbalwa ezithembekile:

<li><strong>Faka izindaba endaweni ethile.</strong> Khetha isikhathi esithile nesizinda sokuhlola izindaba — kanye noma kabili ngosuku, ukusuka endaweni enencazelo kunokuphuma okungapheli. Iwindi elilinganisiwe lihlangabezana nesidingo esifanele sokuhlala unolwazi ngaphandle kokuphindaphinda okungapheli.</li><li><strong>Faka ukuhamba phambili ngezikhathi ezinzima.</strong> Gcina ifoni ngaphandle kwendawo yokulala futhi ungayithathi ngesikhathi sokuphumula. Ukuhamba phambili ngokubuka izindaba ezimbi kuhluma uma idivayisi itholakala ngokushesha lapho uvulelekile; susa ukufinyelela futhi umphumela awunakho okwenza.</li><li><strong>Guqula ingcindezi ibe yisenzo — noma uyikhulule ngokuqondile.</strong> Uma ingozi ingokuthile ongakwenza (phakela, vote, lungisa), yenza lokho bese uqeda umjikelezo. Uma ngempela ingekho, biza lokho: "akukho engingakwenza lapha okwamanje." Ukubiza okungasebenzi kusiza ubuchopho buphelelwe umqondo wokufuna ukulawula okungatholakali.</li><li><strong>Hlela ngokungazelelwe.</strong> Thula, ungalandeli, futhi ususe ama-akhawunti namapulatifomu angamathuba okukhathazeka. Awufihli empilweni — uyakwenqaba ukuhamba okwakhiwe ukuze kukhuphule ukukhathazeka kwakho.</li><li><strong>Faka esikhundleni, ungakhiphi kuphela.</strong> Umqondo wokuhamba phambili ngokubuka izindaba uvame ukufihla imizwa engaphansi — ubuhlungu, ukungabi nalutho, ukwesaba. Ukuba nezinye izinketho ezithokozisayo kulokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kunokuzibamba kuphela.</li>

Umqondo uyafana nalowo wezindlela zokusebenzisa ucingo ngokujwayelekile: shintsha indawo nezimo, kunokuba uzame ukuzilungisa emkhakheni ongenamkhawulo wezinsongo ngesikhathi sangempela. Ukuze uthole indlela ebanzi, bheka umhlahlandlela wethu ku-<a href="/blog/posts/how-to-reduce-screen-time/">ukunciphisa isikhathi sokubuka isikrini ngaphandle kokuzikhandla</a>.

Okubalulekile

Ukudlula izindaba ezimbi kubonakala njengokwehluleka komuntu, kodwa empeleni kuyisoftware yakho yokuphila endala esebenza kumishini eyakhiwe ukuze ikwazi ukukusebenzisa. Umqondo wokuhlola izinsongo nokuhlala unolwazi uyasiza. Umjikelezo ongenamkhawulo, ongathathwa, ophakanyisiwe ngama-algorithms wezindaba ezimbi lowo mqondo manje udla ngawo awusizi.

Awudingi ukukhetha phakathi kokuba nolwazi nokuba kulungile. Nikeza izindaba isikhathi nendawo, susa ukufinyelela kwayo ngo-1am ebuchosheni bakho obukhathazekile, sebenza kulokho okwazi ukukwenza futhi ngokucophelela khulula lokho ongakwenzi. Umjikelezo uhlale ungenamkhawulo kuphela uma ukudla kudinga ukunquma ukuthi usufunde okwanele. Thatha lelo thuba, bese ubuhlungu buncipha kakhulu.

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