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How technology became so exhausting

We spend all day staring at screens, read books on Kindles or iPads, and come home to relax by watching a movie or TV.

Digital technologies lump together the good with the bad.

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How to do a Digital Declutter

  • Set aside a 30-day period during which you will take a break from optional technologies in your life. Work email is not optional. Twitter probably is.
  • During this break, explore and rediscover activities and behaviors you find satisfying and meaningful.

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Elements of a digital minimalist lifestyle

  1. Choice and intention. You’re still using technology, but only what you want and only in ways that connect to your values.
  2. Optimizing the tools you use. What you allow into your life needs to work for you. This means separating the good from the bad.
  3. Accepting...

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Maintaining a Digital Minimalist lifestyle

Ways to rediscover non-digital activities you love that will support your newfound digital autonomy.

  • Spend Time Alone without your digital technology. Try leaving your phone at home while you go for a walk, journaling, or simply spending more time alone.
  • Don’t ...

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The Distraction of Digital Technology

Email, chat apps, social media, and other tools can be just as productive as they can be distracting. How do we get the most out of the good parts of technology while protecting ourselves from the bad?
To be a digital minimalist means you accept the idea that new communication technologies...

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Digital minimalism defined

Digital minimalism defined

As Cal Newport defines it, Digital minimalism is:

“A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.”

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