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📓 Part II — Relevance
After the buffer thinned, something unexpected happened:
my mind got quieter.
Not empty — cleaner.
I wasn’t thinking more. I was thinking better.
This is where John Vervaeke’s idea of relevance realization finally clicked for me — not as theory, but as experience. He says intelligence isn’t about how much you know. It’s about how well you can filter what matters right now.
That made sense, because once the noise dropped, I noticed something strange: decisions felt easier. Words came out clearer. I could explain things without rehearsing them. I’d say something and think, where did that come from?
It wasn’t me becoming smarter.
It was me becoming less distracted by irrelevant signals.
When your system is overwhelmed, everything feels important. Fear becomes relevant. Doubt becomes relevant. Other people’s opinions become relevant. You end up reacting to noise instead of acting on signal.
That’s what trauma does — it hijacks relevance.
Once I started writing daily, moving my body, sleeping better, and simplifying my inputs, relevance began to re-sort itself. I stopped chasing ten ideas at once. I could focus on one thing and finish it. That’s when I understood why people talk about flow.
Flow isn’t magic.
Flow is relevance locking onto the task.
I remember hearing someone talk about Steve Jobs and Elon Musk — how people who worked with them described their “full bandwidth.” Zero noise. When they were focused, they were there. Present. Fast. Direct.
I used to think that was talent.
Now I think it’s low internal drag.
When relevance is clean:
• you don’t second-guess every move
• you don’t narrate yourself constantly
• you don’t argue with reality
• you just respond
That’s why after lifting, writing, or walking, I feel sharper. The body organizes the mind. The mind organizes relevance.
The biggest shift for me was realizing that clarity isn’t achieved by adding information — it’s achieved by removing interference.
That’s why my rules became simple:
• do fewer things
• do them every day
• don’t negotiate with myself
• protect focus
• finish what I start
Those aren’t motivational slogans. They’re relevance filters.
And once relevance is clean, curiosity shows up naturally. You stop forcing understanding. You notice patterns instead of hunting them. Insight feels effortless because you’re no longer fighting yourself.
This is why I stopped trying to convince people of ideas. I stopped explaining everything. I stopped debating theory. Relevance can’t be argued into place — it has to be trained.
For me, that training looks like action first, explanation later.
Because when relevance is aligned, life stops feeling heavy — and starts feeling obvious.
Series: Read Part I — The Buffer → https://robsanchezs.com/?p=1739
Part III drops Sunday, Feb 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM — “Integration.” I’ll link it here when it’s live.
Question: What are you treating as important that’s actually just noise?
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