My fault with the book, however, is that Newport is increasingly focusing on the niche. This message, to use technology purposefully and within limits so that it promote your values, is a noble one. Like Newport's previous books, he delivers a simple message with insight and clarity. If you're constantly distracted by your phone as it eats away at your productivity and sense of the 'present', then this book offers you an antidote. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day 'digital declutter' process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. They don't experience 'fear of missing out' because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones.

In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world.

Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology.

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller 'Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life.'-Ezra Klein, Vox Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough.

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