It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal living daily episode, nine hundred and ninety seven some thoughts on transition into digital minimalism and dangerous ideas, action is overrated, both by Cow Newport of Tell Newport, dot com and I'm just a moloch. Your person narrator reading to every day, including holidays, like Labour day, just like an audio book, but free of charge, mostly from blogs, but sometimes from books, and I was of permission from the webs. Happy Labour day to you. I hope you are having a relaxing one. If you're in the United States, that is before we get to the two posts today, this episode is brought to you by war, be Parker Order, five pairs of glasses and try them on. For five days. There is no obligation to buy. I did it and I share my story and a bit, but for now had to war, be Parker DOT, com, slash all to order your free home trials today best. Are you a r b? Why p a a key, are dot com, slash loyalty

The second article in a narrate might sound familiar, has a very similar title to one area from cow awhile back, but it is different, so he Are you having deja vu is a false alarm, or it is enough for me. So, let's get right to it our optimizing. Your life. Some thoughts on transitioning to digital minimalism by Karl Newport of Cow, Newport, dot com, a minimalist transition. Earlier this week I posted thoughts on digital minimalism. The idea that using less technology but using what you do use better is the key to while debating meaning in a noisy world. I want to pull on this thread. Some more one cushion the seas. Particularly relevant is the process of shifting into this lifestyle. It seems to me that there are two major approaches that might work subtractive, an additive. The subtractive roach could also be called them Marie Condo strategy, you survey each digital too,

Will you regularly used one by one and ask for each? Is this significantly supply putting a principle, I believe, to be key to living a good life. If the answer is no, then take a break from that tool. If the answer is yes, keep it in your life, the added approach by contrast, is slightly more aggressive but probably more effective start by eliminating all optional. Digital tools from your life for a short period. Thirty days the good life, but the specifics, our crucial during this period of digital seclusion, consider the principles you consider a key for living a good life and for each ask what use of digital tools might best help me act on this principle. In my life once you ve, considered each principle you'll be left with a small but well motivated set of digital tools that each places significant role in your life. A minute

us caviar in both transition approaches mentioned. There's a caviar mentioned in my last post. That I think is crucial, is important to distinguish the best from the rest. Don't sell for a tool that just plausibly supports an important principle in your life think creatively about what tools and accompanying behaviors would best support that principle. Case study, supporting a desire to stay informed about politics was explore a case study to illustrate this cat I assume that civic life is important to you and accordingly, you want to maintain a sophisticated understanding of the various aid. Is undergoing american politics at the moment, obsessively checking a twitter feed that follows Numerous politicos would be better than nothing, but is this the best way to serve this principle? Probably not. The internet gives access to essentially every newspaper an magazine in the country. Most of these publications off a weekly or daily briefing that says a digest of the most important

stories to email inbox. You can ask to email. Newsletters for representative set of newspapers and magazines, both in the mainstream and sample from the I am right of the political spectrum and then have filter into a special folder in your inbox? You could then indulge in a week and ritual where you bring a tablet to a coffee shop and begin sifting through these age s diving deeper into the art goals when the headline catches- your attention, you could even do sitting at home, then print the most attention catching articles and bring the physical copies somewhere quiet to read this latter approach requires more effort than downloading the twitter application and tapping when board. But imagine the impact of your ITALY diving into the political thinking of the New York Times Wall Street Journal National Review, when Mother Jones each week noticing the fundamental disagreements build. Familiarity with the major streams of contemporary ideological thinking, etc. Conclusion the two approaches described for a ship

untoward minimalism. Our tentative and my case study is at best a sketchy thought experiment, but I think the capture something fundamental about digital minimalism? New technologies can massively improve porn areas of your life, but you really have to work at it. If you want to fully enjoy those benefits. And I'm not opposed from power, but really quick glasses should not cause as much as an Iphone or be parkers. Prescription glasses started ninety five dollars, including proscription lenses with anti glare and anti scratch coatings plus for every pair you boy, I appears to distributed to someone in need. I do their trial programme and it was so easy. I was able to get feedback on which looked best with a war Parker AB you can quickly too photos worrying the frames. You got stick it in. A video and share it to give feedback. It's really smart and if you have an Iphone ten

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that determine success DS. I got some attention eventually earning one thousand. Ninety digs and ninety do comments. I can see why, like any time was advice fable, it presents a simple message built around a compelling, illustrated story, Clark, scribes a sex pistols concert held in nineteen. Seventy six in Manchester England in attendance at this cancer, we're a surprisingly large number of then unknown. Musicians who, inspired by the innovation on display, went on to become famous Clark, draws a clear conclusion: well, so was the six letter word that determine success in life. Action end quote is correct. The answer I believe is more complicated beyond action.

Ask yourself the following: do you know any one who try to become a professional musician? Most people do. Did they succeed most search aspirants? Do not it's a brutal business now ask yourself this: did they work hard, mostly you answered yes, so I do the field musicians. You know not succeed. When the inspired sex pistols fans did. There are several possible answers. Luck could play a role, also talent, maybe different levels of hard work, but none of these factors, alone seems to provide the full story on closer examination of the hundreds of success stories, I've witnessed or told a story and arrive at a new truth. Action cannot generate success unless it's focused on an incredibly productive path. Let me explain

punk, not american idol. Allow me a modest proposal. The reason those sex pistol fans became successful. Punk musicians is because they discovered a productive path on which to apply action. Here was a new type of music with a potential of making a big splash in that social context, by virtue of their age, where they lived their political views and their social circles. These musicians were uniquely qualified in early promoter of this genre that it explosive potential all that was missing, was taking the action to get their those that did made a big consider. On the other hand, if I was watching episode of American Idol and get inspired and proclaim, this is great. I want to do this. Who cares now MT of action, is going to make me into a pop music star did if I wanted to become a great cage fight,

or literary novelist. These pats would not be productive for my particular situation, Steve Martin knew it on reflection, is approach of identifying a productive, direction for your action is embedded in our recent discussion of the Steve Martin method when he says be so Did they can't ignore you? You could substitute relevant new, necessary or original for good. Indeed, this exact What Martin did he did become good at the style of comedy currently in vogue? Instead, he invented a new style so compelling that it can I'll, be ignored because he was a young smart. Well educated, comedy writer during a time of great social change. He was in a perfect situation to make this happen, applying to your life, I'm still working out some of these ideas and can't at this point distilled, is brainstorm into concrete advice or even provides strong definitions of key concepts like productive path. I do think how

bert as something important is brewing? Here I will be revisiting the concept. Soon you just wasn't the post titled some thoughts on transition into digital minimalism and dangerous ideas. Action is overrated, both by cow, Newport of Cow, Newport outcome. I that's all I've got This gives us ending super minimal for minimalist Monday. Have a great start. Your weak and I'll see you tomorrow, where optimal life awaits