Choosing Your Homepage Wisely

What’s your homepage? If it’s your favorite social network, you might start the day with dozens of notifications and satisfying posts. If it’s a news website, you might start the day with anxiety. If it’s a dashboard with analytics, you might feel depressed seeing low numbers or your vanity might be flattered by always growing numbers.

Since this screen is the first thing you see every day, why not take a different approach? For example, Wikipedia has a special link that displays a random article every time you open it. If you set this link as your homepage, you can start the day with some serendipity. The first article might not be that interesting, but it will expose you to new domains of knowledge. By clicking on other links within the article, you can quickly learn other things along the way.

Every day, you have an opportunity to learn and remind yourself that you’re not forced to hit refresh or scroll indefinitely on social media or news apps to get some dopamine. The way you start your day can determine the general mood of what will follow. Choose your homepage wisely, and don’t be afraid to change it if you feel it doesn’t put you in a good mood.

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