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Number of words: 172<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before diving into the details, let\u2019s start by considering a popular suggestion for distraction addiction that doesn\u2019t quite solve our problem: the Internet Sabbath (sometimes called a digital detox). In its basic form, this ritual asks you to put aside regular time\u2014typically, one day a week\u2014where you refrain from network technology. In the same way that the Sabbath in the Hebrew Bible induces a period of quiet and reflection well suited to appreciate God and his works, the Internet Sabbath is meant to remind you of what you miss when you are glued to a screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s unclear who first introduced the Internet Sabbath concept, but credit for popularizing the idea often goes to the journalist William Powers, who promoted the practice in his 2010 reflection on technology and human happiness, Hamlet\u2019s<\/em> BlackBerry<\/em>. As Powers later summarizes in an interview: \u201cDo what Thoreau did,which is learn to have a little disconnectedness within the connected world\u2014don\u2019t run away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from page number 160 of \u201cDeep Work\u201d by Cal Newport.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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