When you make small changes, it’s easy to fall back to your old behavior. I call the particular rapid process I have in mind the digital declutter.” I recommend instead a rapid transformation-something that occurs in a short period of time and is executed with enough conviction that the results are likely to stick. “In my experience, gradually changing your habits one at a time doesn’t work well-the engineered attraction of the attention economy, combined with the friction of convenience, will diminish your inertia until you backslide toward where you started. If you want to change your behavior, it’s better to change your whole lifestyle at once. I also interviewed him on my podcast about removing digital distractions from our lives. I recently read Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Our brains can’t handle that kind of pressure. At some point, we all get tired of being connected 24 hours a day. Increasingly more people are aware of the problems that technology causes. “I’m getting tired of being used by technology. You’re not being productive when you’re watching random YouTube videos for 3 hours a day. It’s not helpful to check your phone 200 times a day. But nobody says the same thing about using technology. And that’s when it has a negative impact on your life.Įverybody knows that drinking too much will turn you into an alcoholic. At that point, you’re no longer in control. The point of diminishing returns is when technology starts to take over our lives. But like all good things, there is a point of diminishing returns: Even with its downsides, technology has made the world a better place. “But shouldn’t technology make us more productive?” If you answered “yes” to any one of those questions, you’re getting used by technology way more than you think. Do you listen to podcasts all day long?.Do you sometimes think, “WHAT? Did I really spend 2 hours on Instagram?” (replace Instagram with your app/site of choice YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, and so forth).Do you “check” your social media apps multiple times a day?.Do you grab your phone first thing in the morning?.“How do I know technology is using me? And it’s no longer the other way around?” Remember that the purpose of a smartphone, or technology in general, is to SERVE us-not to control our lives. Well, if you don’t watch it, your phone will control you, instead of the other way around.
In the beginning, I only used my device when I needed it-to make calls, send messages, navigate with Google Maps, check the weather forecast, and answer emails when I was on the road.īut gradually, I went from “using my phone when I need it” to “using my phone all the time.” Like almost everybody else, I had a smartphone and thought it was improving my productivity.īy that time, I was already using a smartphone for several years. The first time I realized that technology has a downside was in 2015.
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