Have high quality activity to replace the always on the internet habits.

Digital Declutter: Deleted all apps on my phones and only have In and Out apps such as Google Map, Podcast App, Screentime, Google Authenticator,.I use tools such as Rescue Time and Freedom to help me stay focused, block distracting websites and stay locked in with major goals I want to achieve.I have found that whatsapp is one of the hardest platforms to leave and one of the major time wasters as people always have your attention all the time.

I only install whatsapp, 1-3 times per week to respond to messages and make some international calls.I go directly to the pages I want to view instead of going to the homepage of the platforms directly for example:.Deactivated my Personal Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Accounts.The Digital Minimalism book by Cal Newport is by far one of the most influential books I have ever read because it contained lots of insights and suggestions on dealing with the social media pandemic/addiction.Īfter reading the book, I took some very tough decision which have been experimenting with for some couple of years (Since February 10, 2018) such as among other things: Nothing about your life will notably diminish when you return to this steady state. Humans have maintained rich and fulfilling social lives for our entire history without needing the ability to send a few bits of information each month to people we knew briefly during high school. The idea that it’s valuable to maintain vast numbers of weak-tie social connections is largely an invention of the past decade or so-the detritus of overexuberant network scientists spilling inappropriately into the social sphere.

The digital minimalism