Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain

I think there’s lots of truth to these experiments of moderation. I just finished writing a similar book on the topic, but more along the side of it causing anxiety and depression in my life.

The brain is flexible. It can reshape itself where needed. If you’re stuck in the fast world of social media and overworking yourself to death, your brain will adjust to help you survive it.

By reducing tech(and media) in your life, you start to notice change. Your attention is reclaimed. You start to be in the “present”. You find yourself doing the things you longed to do like get out in nature, write the book, or build the thing.

You don’t have to ditch tech or media fully to see these benefits. Nor is that an enjoyable thing to do. Building enough awareness that most social media platforms are trying to entertain you to death will do.

(This isn’t a new issue per-say. It’s been around for each changing medium)

Bit of a misleading headline, a guy who doesn't ditch his phone but uses it less than he used to (for the moment).

One idea I’ve had for a while is using the blind accessibility features of my personal tech, and disabling the screen: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210076

My hypothesis is they’re less addictive without the staring at the glowing screen and the added friction.