This takes a lot of dedication/focus/attention, but can be really valuable whether you’re writing for others or just yourself. Writing regularly is hard, especially since you’re likely busy with other, non writing related things. There’s a lot of great stuff out there in 2023, but it seems like most of the funded, advertised, most visible things are not the great stuff.

In this article, we’ll talk about different tools, use cases, and methods I’ve found to be useful in a number of areas to regain your sanity and feel in control of your digital consumption habits. I want to be deliberate about what I consume. I find I no longer casually or carefully read articles – let alone books! My days have become filled with a blend or oscillations between some variant of ‘doom scrolling’ on pop-news sites and trying to do 100 things at once while 1000 other things beg me to give them my attention for just a moment.Īlong with an ADHD diagnoses I received earlier this year, I decided I had to take action to regain my sense of agency with media and rebuild the ability to focus – I want to feel in control and whelmed with the tools and services I have. Over the last year, I have finally decided that all the attention manipulation, the never ending ‘signals’, and the 3500 interrupters that my phone and other devices create each day is too much to bear.

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