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*/}\n \n {\n moment(item.RecordedAt).format(\"Do MMM YY, h:mm a\")\n }\n \n2017. 2-minute read.
\nDo you want to be productive? Just go offline, because to maintain a constant connection to the internet is to maintain a constant connection to interruptions, both external and internal.
\nThe external interruptions are legion and well documented: you have a new message on Gmail, Slack, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn. Friends, family, coworkers, and spammers: each have direct access to your precious attention.
\nBut it’s the internal distractions that are truly pernicious. You can mute Twitter notifications and log off from Slack, but how do you stop your own mind from derailing you?
\nI have spent hours caught in webs of my own curiosity. Most dangerous is the split-second whim: “I wonder what the second most commonly spoken language is?” Those 500 milliseconds could change your day, because it's never just one Google search, never just one Wikipedia article. Disconnecting from the internet short-circuits those whims, allowing you to move on unencumbered.
\n(It’s Spanish, by the way.)
\nThis page itself is an experiment in that vein: What if certain content required us to disconnect? What if readers had access to that glorious focus that makes devouring a novel for hours at a time so satisfying? What if creators could pair that with the power of modern devices? Our phones and laptops are amazing platforms for inventive content—if only we could harness our own attention.
\nOffline-only content would also force creators to think differently. Look up; there was not a single link to distract readers. How many good articles have you left half-read because you chased a shiny underlined link? When you are offline, right here is the only place you can be.
\nI can already hear the groans: “But I have to be online for my job.” I don’t care. Make time. I bet the thing that makes you valuable is not your ability to Google something but your ability to synthesize information. Do your research online; create offline.
\nNow back to your regularly scheduled internet. Just remember to give yourself an occasional gift of disconnection..
\n❤️ Chris Bolin
\nUpdate: This little experiment in 2017 has become something bigger: The Disconnect is an offline digital magazine on the web.
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