One of the better changes I made in early 2017 was a consistent “no internet the first hour I’m awake” policy, above and beyond more typical no-phone-by-bed, Focus.app, etc. When sleepy, it’s so easy to allow my goals to be subverted, mind buzzing with trivia.
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Related very helpful policy: preferring books to all other forms of media, especially old books.
Obviously I still learn a ton from the pulse of Twitter, but I’m often over-weighted there by, like, 50x.
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Have you seen this nytimes piece on moving to print from social for news? mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/tec
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I hadn't; thank you. This resonates, but per Postman, I'm feeling like I'm way over-indexed on news—irrespective of commentary-vs-reportage and digital-vs-tactile—and have benefited from a substantial shift to books. Maybe especially because I was already too news-heavy.
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I suspect I would just fall back asleep more often than not if "forcing my eyes to focus and comprehend text" weren't in my morning routine but maybe I should try it out.
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Easy solution: read books!
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