I Read Digital Minimalism in 2017. Almost a Decade Later, I’m Trying Again.

I read digital minimalism back in 2017 and thats one book which aged well and those ideas still work today. There were times where i tried doing a digital detox but eventually relapsed and found ways to consume mindless content.

But this time i decided to do it again. Do it differently from what i did previously. Not cutting down everything completely. But avoiding intentionally and observing my behaviour and understand the patterns.

I wouldn’t say its a complete detox. I capped my mobile usage to 1 hour and i must say i did fairly consistent. My previous weeks average mobile usage was 3 to 4 hours.

Replacing one form of brain rot with another

But what did i do with those extra 2 hours which i gained back? Honestly when i capped my mobile usage i tried to fill it with alternative brain rot. I was consuming the news heavily on youtube on my television. Though i was working parallely. TV is something that played throughout the time. for 2 or 3 days.

At times i unintentionally i opened instagram and started scrolling. As soon as i realized this, i thought about it. why did i open this in the first place and closed the app,locked the phone.