| > How about doing stuff outside consuming Internet content? Then you are forced to interact with the real world, where taking action is the default. That is the goal. Consuming stuff on the internet is just one of the things I do throughout the day and even there I've minimised it as much as possible: I've deleted almost every social media, I use LinkedIn with a timer (browser blocks in automatically). I'm subscribed to a limited number of newsletters and even then I don't immediately read them--hence all the bookmarks. > Take it from somebody very recently recovered from the digital loop: I have lost tons of time ruminating while life flowed out the window, screen, etc. This is why I recently started using my laptop and phone with a timer: I give myself a total of 4 hours to use both screens (although I don't count listening to music while doing chores as screentime--we're all big music lovers in our family). Of course, I can do this because I'm a freelancer and not the breadwinner of the house. All people I respect have told me that when I have this advantage, I should use it. Funnily, having a timer has helped me get more work done than I did when I took laptop use for granted: I'm almost done with the second issue of my magazine in less than 4 days when the first one took 2 whole weeks. > By the way, is spawning new tabs while waiting for a website to load in order to keep oneself occupied really a thing? I used to do this a lot until I recently started applying the principles of slow living and doing one thing at a time. |