If you are feeling overwhelmed, welcome to the club.  I have found something that is really helping me a bunch right now.  I am writing this to tell you about how amazing an information cleanse has been for me, and how you can do one for yourself.

Anxiety is rampant these days, and I believe one of the primary sources of this anxiety is the information that we are consuming. Whether it be the news, or social media, both are exposing us to negativity, and things to stress about.

It isn’t just the negativity either, it is the sheer volume of random bits of information we pound our minds with every waking moment.  Waking up and immediately checking Facebook, the news, or anything else on your phone or tv first thing may be destroying your ability to focus alone.

I was allowing myself to fall victim to this not too long ago.  I knew that like everything, if I want it to change…  I am going to have to change it.  So I decided to go on an information detox.  This article will explain what I did, learned, and how you can apply the same kind of behavioral change in your own life.

First off, is going on an information cleanse actually worth it?

Yeah I know… Before you read any further you want to know if it was worth it. In a word: Yes.

This has been one of the more productive periods of time for me in a long time. What is really profound is not just the productivity levels increasing, but my happiness level has increased as well.

What exactly do I mean by an information cleanse?

An information cleanse is defined by severely limiting negative, or irrelevant information from entering into their mind. The information cleanse could also be called an information purge or detox is completed by purging out the negativity by ingesting positive and relevant content to take you where you want to go in life.

Just how you would cleanse your body from sugar, or toxins, and cleanse it with green vegetable juice, wheat grass, apple cider vinegar, or water, you use the same principle to cleanse your mind.