Experimental June
I'm joining Manu on his month-long June experiment: we’re dialing digital inputs down to a minimum.
In Manu’s case, that means almost none, except what’s needed to keep his projects alive. I’m doing the same, but with some tweaks. Someone still has to write content on overkill, after all.
Instead, I've adopted the rules to be as follows:
- No social networks with timelines or algorithms
- YouTube only as a search engine, or if a link is shared
- All content must come via RSS, email, or directly from a human
- No online news. If I want to know what's going on, I'll grab a newspaper (thankfully, I work for one)
- No podcasts
- No phone while doing anything else
- Daily screen time limit: two hours (Manu picked that number; I might hate him by June 30)
Most of this feels doable, except for YouTube. The YouTube one "scares" me (clear sign that I need to do this). YouTube has replaced TV for me, but it's also how I "procrastinate" when I don't know what TV show or movie I want to watch, or what book to read. It's my default state. Maybe, by using it only when I need to know or learn something (I want to build a NAS, and YouTube is a treasure trove for that), I might fix that dependency.
Every Sunday in June, Manu and I will post weekly recaps. And like Manu, I'll also meditate regularly again. I've actually started last weekend, but don't tell Manu I'm ahead of him.
I'm hoping to finish many books and fill plenty of notebook pages.
Thinking of joining? Send me your blog post, and I’ll link it.
