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-#+title: Digital Minimalism
-#+date: 2023-10-04
-#+description: My personal retrospective on digital minimalism.
-#+filetags: :personal:
-
-I've written [[/wiki/#digital-garden][a note about minimalism]] before,
-but I wanted to dedicate some time to reflect on digital minimalism and
-how I've been able to minimize the impact of digital devices in my life.
-
-#+begin_quote
-These changes crept up on us and happened fast, before we had a chance
-to step back and ask what we really wanted out of the rapid advances of
-the past decade. We added new technologies to the periphery of our
-experience for minor reasons, then woke one morning to discover that
-they had colonized the core of our daily life. We didn't, in other
-words, sign up for the digital world in which we're currently
-entrenched; we seem to have stumbled backward into it.
-
-/(Digital Minimalism, 2019)/
-
-#+end_quote
-
-* The Principles of Digital Minimalism
-As noted in Cal Newport's book, /Digital Minimalism/, there are three
-main principles to digital minimalism that I tend to agree with:
-
-1. Clutter is costly.
-   - Digital minimalists recognize that cluttering their time and
-     attention with too many devices, apps, and services creates an
-     overall negative cost that can swamp the small benefits that each
-     individual item provides in isolation.
-2. Optimization is important.
-   - Digital minimalists believe that deciding a particular technology
-     supports something they value is only the first step. To truly
-     extract its full potential benefit, it's necessary to think
-     carefully about how they'll use the technology.
-3. Intentionality is satisfying.
-   - Digital minimalists derive significant satisfaction from their
-     general commitment to being more intentional about how they engage
-     with new technologies. This source of satisfaction is independent
-     of the specific decisions they make and is one of the biggest
-     reasons that minimalism tends to be immensely meaningful to its
-     practitioners.
-
-* Taking Action
-In order to put the logic into practice, I've created a few new habits
-and continued performing old habits that are working well:
-
-** Using Devices With Intention
-- I already rarely use "social media", mostly limited to forums such as
-  Hacker News and Tildes, so I've just tweaked my behavior to stop
-  looking for content in those places when I'm bored.
-- Use devices with intention. Each time I pick up a digital device,
-  there should be an intention to use the device to improve my current
-  situation. No more endless scrolling or searching for something to
-  interest me.
-
-** Prevent Distractions
-- Disable (most) notifications on all devices. I spent 15-30 minutes
-  going through the notifications on my phone, watch, and computer to
-  ensure that only a select few apps have the ability to interrupt me:
-  Calendar, Messages, Phone, Reminders, & Signal.
-- Disable badges for any apps except the ones mentioned in the bullet
-  above.
-- Set-up focus profiles across devices so that I can enable different
-  modes, such as Personal when I only want to see notifications from
-  people I care about or Do Not Disturb, where absolutely nothing can
-  interrupt me.
-- Clean up my home screens. This one was quite easy as I already
-  maintain a minimalist set-up, but I went extreme by limiting my phone
-  to just eight apps on the home screen and four in the dock. If I need
-  another app, I'll have to search or use the app library.
-- Remove the work profile from my phone. This was a tough decision as
-  having my work profile on my device definitely makes my life easier at
-  times, but it also has quite a negative effect when I'm "always
-  online" and can see the notifications and team activity 24/7. I
-  believe creating a distinct barrier between my work and personal
-  devices will be beneficial in the end.
-
-** Creating Alternative Activities
-This is the most difficult piece, as most of my hobbies and interests
-lie in the digital world. However, I'm making a concerted effort to put
-devices down unless necessary and force myself to perform other
-activities in the physical world instead.
-
-I've started with a few basics that are always readily available to me:
-
-- Do a chore, such as organizing or cleaning.
-- Read a book, study a piece of art, etc.
-- Exercise or get outdoors.
-- Participate in a hobby, such as photography, birding, disc golf, etc.
-- Let yourself be bored and wander into creativity.
-
-* Making Progress
-I'll be taking notes as I continue down this journey and hope to see
-positive trends. I've always been a minimalist in the physical world and
-it feels refreshing to filter out the clutter that has come to dominate
-my digital life over the years.
-
-I'm excited to see where this journey leads.