Digital Minimalism

a subjective state in which your mind is free from input from other minds.

either you use it, or you don’t.

aggressively explore higher-quality activities to fill in the time left vacant by the optional technologies

intention trumps convenience—and

What exactly do I gain, or lose?

why.

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else.

it’s tempting to crave the release of having nothing to do—whole blocks of time with no schedule, no expectations, and no activity beyond whatever seems to catch your attention in the moment. These decompression sessions have their place, but their rewards are muted, as they tend to devolve toward low-quality activities like mindless phone swiping