REALITY DESIGNINGMar 30, 2026
nothing out there requires your attention
I've definitely realized that almost everything grabbing your attention doesn't need to be there. It's like the world is constantly trying to install plugins you never chose, and you don't even realize how they're shaping your reality. But the interesting part is, you can reprogram all of it and design the game you're actually meant to play.
Mitch
Reality Designer
2min
So the thing about designing your reality is it's deceptively simple, right? Like, when you start to think about it, everything just starts unraveling. I mean, it's not some mystical journey, really. It's like debugging a piece of software.
You find the broken bits, the beliefs that don’t serve you, and patch them up. Then suddenly everything downstream starts functioning differently. You see, your awareness, it’s nothing more than this display. Beliefs?
They’re just the slides projecting onto it, and if I learned one thing since being seventeen and sleeping wherever I could, it's that most of those slides are not mine. They're someone else's and I just never questioned them until later.
And that's kind of it, you know? You grow up thinking all this stuff is important, the career, the house, the car, but you've gotta stop and ask yourself whose script you're following. Is it really yours, or is it the algorithm gently shaping you into a version you never asked to be? Take it from someone who's been homeless, started businesses, and somehow found a way to unify all these disparate experiences into something resembling a coherent operating system.
You can junk the default settings.
When you look at life as this vast game-like structure, it gets fascinating. There are hidden variables and psychic tests you never even considered. It's like a game that adjusts according to these invisible parameters. Every challenge you encounter is a kind of psychic notification demanding you reassess what suits you and what doesn't.
You know what I mean? Everything that's happening is pushing you to diagnose and configure how you want the game to unfold. And that's where your conscious attention becomes the most invaluable tool in your tech toolbox.
Now here's the weird thing about attention. It’s this precious input layer that almost no one ever audits. Why? Because the world feeds you distractions nonstop.
Entertainment, social media, news, they’re core apps running on your life's OS. And they curate you, not the other way around. What happens when you decide that you're not gonna let these things have access to your system? You essentially reprogram your entire reality.
Nothing out there requires your attention unless you choose to install it into your awareness.
Think about it, when you're building something on the internet, you're not just coding a function, at least I wasn't. You're crafting pathways to self-realization. Learning to code and design isn't just about making things; it's realizing that life is just a series of nested if-then-else statements waiting for you to rewrite. And the interesting thing about that is, once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Your sense of what's possible changes entirely.
And then there's the whole anti-matrix living thing. Opt out of default settings. That's what it comes down to. You find so much freedom when you detach from the societal constructs that never served you to begin with.
That's why when I say reality is like a game, I'm serious. Each level brings new psychic tests, new updates to your system. And if you're at all like me, once you start playing consciously, the game becomes a lot more interesting.
But here's where it gets a bit messy. Because after you figure out that nothing external requires your attention, what's left? Just you and the infinite space of possibilities. And suddenly, it's quiet.
Maybe that's why most people never get this far. They're not ready to confront the vastness. They'd rather stay in their safe, curated bubbles.
Designing your reality is basically debugging your own operating system. You find the broken beliefs, you patch them, and then everything downstream starts working differently.
The truth is, the work of self-auditing and reconfiguring your reality never ends. You're always gonna find new plugins or psychic tests popping up, and that's fine. That's the beauty of life being a game, it evolves as you do.
That takes me back to when I was younger, thinking I'd have it all figured out by thirty. Spoiler: I didn't. I mean, who does? But what I did figure out was that you don't need all the answers.
You need the right questions. You need to look at the stuff you're letting into your reality and assess if it's a plugin worth installing. Most of the time, it's not.
And, you know, maybe it feels overwhelming to think of life this way. Just remember, it's not about solving everything at once. Debug one belief at a time. Configure one layer of your consciousness at your own pace.
Opting out of the default doesn't mean jumping headfirst into chaos. It's actually about creating the order you want.
The game of reality has its own set of mechanics. Once you understand them, you can navigate life like you're sourcing your own alternate reality. And then, when the psychic notifications come, you'll be ready to interpret them, not just react.
So, you know, I’m starting to wonder if there's something even beyond this. If life's a game and I'm the player, does that mean there's a developer, too? Or are we essentially the developers of our own existence? Maybe the game was handed to us incomplete, and we're meant to finish coding it ourselves.
I don't know, man. It makes me think about all the configurations we haven't even discovered yet, all the new mechanics to dive into.
Mitch
RD Core
Mitch is a creative at heart, with a diverse skillset in business, software and audio engineering. He spends most of his time working on projects and laughing with his friends and family.
