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Maximal Ep. 366 | News Media Clutter

🕑 Added 2022-11-14 12:05:01 +0000 UTC

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Rebecca Bradley

When TK quoted Whitney Houston, it brought tears to my eyes. That song got me through many tough times growing up (and in my adult life).

Ianina Zubowicz

interesting. I have two phones: one for my country calls, and another for the country where I live right now. I only use Twitter on my computer and I have Instagram on my country's phone. Since I use it once a day, I barely check Instagram. Twitter on the other hand...so I used a blocking app for my computer so I couldn't use Twitter during work time. It's amazing how addictive social media can be if you have them right there to use them! And following Cal Newport's advice, I kept Twitter (because I use it for my job) but carefully curated.

Brian Walker

I was glad to hear Josh bring up Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. In the book, he talks about doing a "digital declutter" where you sign off of all" optional technology" for a month. For me, social media is optional so I got off of all that for a month. E-mail was not optional for me, but checking it from my phone was so I removed that from my phone as well (I did this three years ago and I've not put it back on). During this month off from optional tech, he also encourages pursuing some form of "high quality leisure". This could be exploring a new hobby or re-exploring one that you used to enjoy. There is a lot more to his book than what I have time to write about here. If you haven't read the book yourself, I highly recommend it. For my own part, the digital declutter experience has helped me use the technology in my life more intentionally and find more value in other pursuits.