Jen Ditchik

This week I welcome my friend, artist, and Creative Advertising Executive Jen Ditchik to the Downward Facing Spiritual Spiral Podcast. Jen has been a friend of mine for close to twenty years, but lately my podcast and the conversations I'm having on the show about Instagram has  inspired Jen and I to talk more often about staying less distracted and more creative. Jen not only works countless hours as a senior executive in the entertainment industry, she is also an artist in the truest sense with a passion for photography, painting and film. Noticing the impact social media was having on her mindset over the last few years, Jen also became a minimalist and often goes on digital detoxes where she'll delete social media off her cell phone altogether.

 

 

 

We'll talk about Instagram, social media and the impact it has had on her life and why she feels more inspired after staying off Instagram and why she may continue to stay off the platform. She'll talk about the power of being bored and how some of our best ideas come from boredom. We'll also talk about "Deep Work" by Cal Newport and how it takes a certain level of depth and concentration to truly focus and work deeply on our craft. It's a powerful and inspiring discussion about the negative and manipulative side of social media and why it may benefit us all to take a break from social media every once in awhile. Great conversation this week and thanks for listening!