Tori Kelly worries about reaching old age and regretting time lost to devices instead of being present. She points out the irony of finding solitude advice on TikTok, the platform designed to keep you scrolling. The conversation turns to John Mark Comer's book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and how it changed their approach to digital life.
I've been picturing this a lot lately, and it's me at 80 years old. And I think I have this fear of looking back on my life and wishing that I was more present. I would hate to say like, "Oh, I worked too much," or I gave my time too much to a device.
Yeah, you wouldn't wanna say, "Hey, I had a lot of screen time." Right, and I'm like, that would be— It's about human connection and experiences and—
Yeah, and I— I mean, the irony as we're talking about being on our phones less, I saw a TikTok the other day about that. That gives me great reminders sometimes, but I saw a TikTok the other day. You go to TikTok for solitude advice?
Yeah. So the big question, how did the ruthless elimination of hurry by John Mark Comer change your life?
I mean,
