Be intentional with your technology
(Click here for a detailed explanation of these steps and how they made my life so much better.)
Do these things immediately:
Do these things immediately:
1. Take all social media apps off your phone.
Check feeds when you are sitting down at your computer, instead.
2. Turn off ALL notifications that aren't integral to your life
Make your device work when you want it, but don't let it interrupt you.
3. Make a favorites list for allowed calls/texts and then put your phone on Do Not Disturb
You can still get important calls and texts, and you can check the rest on your schedule.
4. Batch read email and text messages at set times during the day
Your work email requirements will dictate how often you check that account, but make personal email wait for you.
5. Whenever possible go Airplane Mode
Test this yourself and see how much better free time is without any distraction or interruption.
6. Get Rid of Alexa
Remind yourself of wondering about things -- even just for the time it takes to type into Google -- and say no to a live microphone in your house at all times.
7. Turn off WiFi at home
Learn about the actual health reasons for going WiFi-free here. (Ethernet is faster, anyway.) Find out how much control you have when every device isn't constantly on.
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At 6:0PM every day, I disconnect from the online world and connect with my family. Can you do something similar?
9. Think "produce" instead of "consume."
Cal Newport has loads of information about how scrolling inhibits our ability to concentrate and work, Nicholas Carr breaks it down further and Adam Alter tells us why it's so hard to quit.) Scrolling alters your synapses, kills creativity and steals your time. Use more of that time to make or do something.
(Read my detailed explanation of this list, along with my own story, here.)
Cal Newport has loads of information about how scrolling inhibits our ability to concentrate and work, Nicholas Carr breaks it down further and Adam Alter tells us why it's so hard to quit.) Scrolling alters your synapses, kills creativity and steals your time. Use more of that time to make or do something.
(Read my detailed explanation of this list, along with my own story, here.)
