The second month of a life of focus began with a new challenge. This month we are tasked with a digital declutter. We are to systematically remove certain personal technologies (for me this is mostly social media) for one month and then determine if you need to reintroduce them with better rules at the end of the month.
Cal takes all the lessons this week as we explore why solitude is crucial. He argues that solitude is an important part of a healthy mental life and it allows for information processing and reflection.
He goes on to highlight that viewing your phone as a constant companion is directly at odds with solitude. Using examples of how Facebook engineered our addictions to social media, Cal arms us with different methods to reduce our phone usage.
The final lesson of the week was practical tips for this months challenge from Cal.
This week was a week of firsts for me. It was my first week using time block planning and it was my first week of hitting my deep work target of 15 hours.
I have found time block planning so far to be very helpful. With the exact same schedule and tasks in previous week I would still be working late into the evening. Using time black planning I am now finishing on time.
I am aware that this may also be due to the fact that I have deleted all social media platforms from my laptop and phone.
I am enjoying doing deliberate reps of my deep work ritual which I feel is getting me into the flow of work quicker. I am still to develop at closing ritual.
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