Let’s be honest.

You probably are destroying your mind (not dramatically), like in a movie. But slowly. Subtly. Like leaving your brain in rice for too long and wondering why it’s mush.

And no, this isn’t about conspiracy theories or microchips.

It’s about habits that seem harmless but are low-key chewing through your creativity, focus, and peace of mind like termites in a wooden temple.

So if you’re curious how to properly ruin your inner genius, here’s a beginner’s guide. (You’re probably already halfway through.)

1. Scroll Like Your Soul Depends on It

“Just one reel.” A famous last words.

Nothing kills your ability to think deeply like a 3-hour scroll session broken only by occasional water and guilt.

• Symptoms: Attention span of a goldfish. Memory of a fruit fly.
• Bonus Damage: You start comparing your work to strangers’ highlight reels and wonder why you’re not a millionaire at 25.

2. Never Be Bored

Boredom is where ideas are born. But sure, kill it with Spotify or YouTube.

Kill silence. Avoid solitude. Always multitask.

Listen to a podcast while brushing, scroll while eating, watch movies while working, reply to texts while peeing(eww). Who needs mental stillness when you can overstimulate your brain into fried rice?

3. Say Yes to Everything

Burnout is just your brain rage-quitting politely.

Wanna destroy your mind and your schedule? Just say yes to every project, every plan, every “quick” favor. Bonus points if it’s poorly paid and creatively draining.

4. Avoid All Emotions (They’re Inconvenient)

Feeling overwhelmed? Ignore it. Feeling jealous? Suppress it. Feeling uncreative? Just blame Mercury or any other you know.

Emotional constipation: great way to turn your brain into a locked attic with ghosts.

5. Treat Sleep Like It’s Optional (My fav)

Sleep is for weaklings, right? Real productivity means 4 hours of sleep, 10 hours of hustle, and 10 minutes of crying in the shower😭.

Fun fact: Sleep is literally when your brain cleans itself.

No sleep = emotional + creative junk just… rotting in there.

6. Stop Learning New Things

You’ve got your tools, your style, your workflow. Why explore? Why get curious? That’s uncomfortable.

The moment you stop learning, your brain starts shrinking. Not metaphorically. Literally.

7. Never Reflect. Just React.

Don’t journal. Don’t pause. Don’t ask “why.”

Just react to the next thing, and the next, until you don’t even remember what you were working on last week.

Reflection is where creativity breathes. Reaction is where it drowns.

So… How’s Your Brain?

This isn’t a guilt trip. It’s a mirror.

We all do this. I do this. You do this. The algorithm wants us to do this.

But the trick to not completely destroying your mind?

Just start noticing.

• Scroll a bit less.
• Say “no” faster.
• Sit in silence sometimes.
• Write down weird thoughts.
• Sleep like a well-loved cat.

Tiny, boring things.

But they’re how you rebuild a brain that’s been a little too online, too busy, too tired.

So maybe the real question is:

“How do I un-destroy my mind?”

May be let’s write that blog next!

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