I have found that inconvenience is the number one key to good health and digital minimalism. It makes sticking to our goals and cultivating small habits easier.
- Want to cut on snacks? Don't keep snacks at home
- Want to cut on desserts? Don't keep desserts at home
- Want to stop picking up your phone automatically? Keep the phone outside your room
- Want to stop opening Instagram? Delete the app, use Insta on desktop
And the beautiful compound effect of these inconveniences is that our brain gets rewired/conditioned to do the right thing, and soon the change that felt so difficult gets done easily without a second thought.
As an overall take, I’d wish that we didn’t have it. Since that’s not happening, the next best option is to learn how to use it responsibly and not allow it to become our default for everything.
I have found that inconvenience is the number one key to good health and digital minimalism. It makes sticking to our goals and cultivating small habits easier.
- Want to cut on snacks? Don't keep snacks at home
- Want to cut on desserts? Don't keep desserts at home
- Want to stop picking up your phone automatically? Keep the phone outside your room
- Want to stop opening Instagram? Delete the app, use Insta on desktop
And the beautiful compound effect of these inconveniences is that our brain gets rewired/conditioned to do the right thing, and soon the change that felt so difficult gets done easily without a second thought.
Agreed!!
Really love you positive outlook here. I would really love to hear about your take on the new AI tech and its usage.
As an overall take, I’d wish that we didn’t have it. Since that’s not happening, the next best option is to learn how to use it responsibly and not allow it to become our default for everything.
Cal Newport had a great episode recently on this about AI and writing. https://pca.st/episode/761b0a83-d758-4f48-8d34-ce6c2a880317
learning to love what's good for us is so tough (but awesome.) i found this article really touching and timely. thank you for your writing!
Heck yeah, great article dude