2024-10-17 Digital Minimalism

October 17, 2024•103 words

I have started reading the book Digital Minimalism. So far I'm only 10% done. But I did finally take some interventions

Turn OFF notifications for most apps, except for communications apps.
Turn ON scheduled summaries for notifications. This way I can try to check what's going on at certain times of the day, rather than "constantly."
Put my phone AWAY from my bedside table. I used to do this, and lasted 1 month or so. Now it's time to do this again... I tried it for one night last night - was wonderful not having the phone next to me.

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