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#2 Take a Thirty-Day Break

#2 Take a Thirty-Day Break

The second step is to follow your new technology classification, by disconnecting, for 30 days, from your "optional" technologies. 

You will find life without optional technologies challenging at first. But these feelings of discomfort fade after a week or two.

The goal is to spark a permanent transformation of your digital life and aggressively explore higher-quality activities to fill in the time left vacant by the optional technologies.

At the end of the declutter you should already have rediscovered the type of activites that generate real satisfaction, enabling you to craft a better life.

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