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The Digital Declutter: A 30-day plan for building a practice of digital minimalism.How to be a minimalist in the digital age: The basics of digital minimalism.And finding a balance between the negative and positive aspects of technology is a delicate balancing act that digital minimalism tries to solve. How you use your apps and tools can bring you value or be a frustrating distraction. Our phones are equally annoying interruptions and powerful tools for navigating the world. The problem–as Cal sees it– is that email and chat can be both stressful and productive.įacebook can be both distracting and empowering. Between packed calendars, overflowing inboxes, and the constant pull of social media and news (and Netflix) it can feel like how you spend your time online isn’t really up to you.īut what if there was a way to use your technology without feeling used by it? The answer is Digital minimalism.Ĭoined by author and computer science professor Cal Newport in his book of the same name, Digital minimalism is a philosophy of technology use based on the understanding that our relationship with our apps, tools, and phones is nuanced and deserves more intention than we give it.
“How do you simplify your digital life?” is quickly becoming the question of our generation.
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