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Here's how I cope:

Q: Where's my phone? A: I think it's on the shelf somewhere. Honestly I don't know.

Q: How many tabs do I have open. A: Currently 5 and never more than 10.

Q: How many times do I watch the news on TV. A: Never, I use youtube and I get the news from various sources on the topics that I want to hear.

Q: How many IM apps do I have open. A: Just one, Skype and is reserved for friends only.

Q: How many forums do I go to. A: Just two, HN and Reddit and on Reddit, I only browse the topics that I want to. I almost never go to the front page.

Q: How many social media sites have I joined. A: None. Not on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other apps. Accounts created in the past were for test applications.

Q: How much unread mail do I have. A: None, I have 1 inbox for friends and family and another for spam / anything I opt-into.

It all starts with you. You have control over what you do and don't do. If you reduce your surface area, the number of issues will diminish daily.

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Cerium|5 years ago

I get the newspaper delivered. That way I can look at it once a day and get a concise summary. The rest of the time I don't need to consider it.

burntoutfire|5 years ago

> Q: How many forums do I go to. A: Just two, HN and Reddit and on Reddit, I only browse the topics that I want to. I almost never go to the front page.

TIL Reddit has a frontpage.

cookiengineer|5 years ago

Q: How many notifications did you get that prevented you from focussing on work? A: None. Uninstall all apps that do otherwise.

Q: What emails did you read with no actionable task inside? A: Every email with no task is another two minutes of lost time. Use GDPR if companies keep spamming you with nonsense.