The Phone-Free Bedroom: 30 Days of Better Sleep and Better Mornings
Removing your phone from the bedroom is the single highest-impact sleep and morning change most people can make. Here's what happened when I actually did it.
Vol. III · No. 52 · Autumn MMXXVI
Reclaiming your attention in a distracted world.
Removing your phone from the bedroom is the single highest-impact sleep and morning change most people can make. Here's what happened when I actually did it.
You are not addicted to your phone. Your phone is designed by some of the world's most talented engineers to make you as engaged as possible. Understanding the design helps you resist it.
Cal Newport's concept of deep work changed how a generation of knowledge workers thought about focus. Here's what actually works in practice.
Constant news consumption is neither good for your mental health nor particularly effective at keeping you informed. There is a better approach.
Not all social media is equivalent in what it costs you. A framework for evaluating what you use, what it actually does for you, and what to do with the answer.
Removing a digital habit without replacing it doesn't work. Here are the analog alternatives that have actually stuck — not as sacrifices, but as upgrades.
After 30 days with no social media, I discovered something uncomfortable: I didn't actually miss it. I missed what I thought it was.