Digital Minimalism

“This wouldn’t have been possible if I didn’t protect how I spend my time.” THE PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL MINIMALISM So far in this chapter, I’ve argued that the best way to fight the tyranny of the digital in your life is to embrace a philosophy of technology use based in your deeply held values.

Digital Minimalism 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.

Leisure Lesson #2: Use skills to produce valuable things in the physical world.

Principle #3: Intentionality is satisfying.

“Leave good evidence of yourself. Do good work.” This then provides our second lesson about cultivating a high-quality leisure life.

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

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

withdrawal symptoms are to be expected,”