Digital life · 02

Digital habits

Get out of the refresh loop. Make phones, feeds and notifications fit the life you want to lead.

Build a news routine with an endpoint, separate useful information from repeated checking and give yourself a way out of the refresh loop.

Build an evening boundary that respects real on-call duties while ending the habit of checking work messages just in case.

Keep the parts of your phone you need while changing reflexive checking, notification interruptions and the habit of filling every pause.

Break the late-night news loop by changing access, choosing a stopping point and giving your attention somewhere specific to go.

Put one idea into practice.

Choose a cue, a response and a source of support.