Digital Intentionality
Digital Intentionality:
Recently, I've been rereading Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism, which I first read in 2021. It is a great book, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in this topic. I think for me one of the biggest takeaways was that when it comes to technologies like our phones, computers, etc., we often are just sucked into what the designers want us to do. There is no intentionality behind what we are doing. Many apps have no defined endpoint, and you can find yourself spending hours and hours on apps when you didn't intend to do so. The products are designed for you to spend as much time as possible on them, even though this isn't what is best for you. The book emphasizes the need for more intentionality behind what we are doing and actually picking the digital practices that we participate in and bring value to our lives. Whether that means setting time limits or only using certain apps on specific days, it will look different for everyone, but it is still important to think about how you want to be spending your time. At the very least, you want to be doing the things you want to do and enjoy rather than just being dragged into something you didn't actually want to do.
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