Things I have learned from Digital Minimalism

Does my tech usage support my values?

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I discovered digital minimalism right after Cal Newport published his book about it. It was an interesting read for me since technology is one of my pet-peeve. Technology has been part of our lives and we are becoming much dependent on the glowing screens that we keep in our pockets. Most of the time, these tools become notorious in our life that they can even steal one of our precious resources — time.

Digital Minimalism is a philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and happily miss out on everything else. — Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Cal Newport

I have been a tech junky for more than a decade of my life. Mobile phones have been my pet peeve in the past and up to now our smartphones have become our supercomputers tucked away in our pockets. We cannot deny that technology has evolved in a faster pace than most of us have expected. A lot of things have changed and that includes our behaviors. The way we interact with technology has shaped us to become who we are right now.

Try to observe the person next to you when you take your commute to work. It would…