How we spend our attention changes the value of what we spend it on.

Whenever someone is lost in waves of e-mail and information, they’re often oblivious to the deepest tragedy of their time. It’s not the stress of dealing with so many requests and obligations (as real and challenging as that stress might be). It’s that somewhere in the wash of interactions and split attentions is the missed possibility they’re looking for: Meaning. Depth of experience. Connection.

Reclaiming attention starts with a leap of faith in believing the following sentence: you do not need more than what you have.