Leaving Digital Distraction For A Life Of Focus
The impression I got was that of someone suffering through solitude deprivation as Cal Newport calls it. She didn’t now how to be in a momentary state of solitude, even with her father present.
A screen, now, or else I’ll elevate this to tantrum levels.
If you find the amplified echo chamber of solitude rooted in wisdom and problem solving as the better location, you’ll begin cultivating the solitude we all have access to as a more fruitful chamber, echoing the best we have to offer till it continually spills over outward into our lives.
For the fourth installment in this series on solitude (see parts 1, 2 and 3), I dive further into Cal Newport’s chapter on solitude in his book Digital Minimalism, and highlight more of solitude’s benefits. Unfortunately, in this era of constant (not just instant) connection, we are depriving ourselves of an incredibly rich value we …
Have you ever recharged your energy by just being by yourself? And more so in these times of retreat, found yourself appreciating those who are in your life as a result of your day trip alone on the hiking trail or solo shopping trip? Continuing the brief series on the strength found in solitude, I …
Continue reading “Strength In Solitude Part 3: Our Happiness Depends On It”
An entire generation has “eliminated time alone with their thoughts from their lives,” and subsequently, it is this young generation who is experiencing tremendous spikes in anxiety and mental health deterioration. The quoted line above is found on page 108 from the book Digital Minimalism by computer professor Cal Newport. The generation in question is …
Continue reading “Strength In Solitude Part 2: This Anxious Generation”
Not being in a hurried rush means becoming present to people around us. People we weren’t seeing as we went by in a blur with our daily to-do list. Or thrown off mid conversation by our phone notifications. Or an increase in our distractibility overall. What is the place we incorrectly desire to be distracted …
Continue reading “Strength In Solitude Part 1: Into The Wilderness”
“My aim here is to continue in the spirit of the work laid out by people like Comer, Newport, Sullivan, who have jump started my own path towards a return to healthy stillness and solitude.”
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