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Theodores 2 days ago

Go full North Korea at home. This means building your own parallel universe of culture. This means music you don't have to stream, books you don't have to stream, video that you don't have to stream and some reference works such as a dictionary.

No WiFi or mobile phone data allowance means you have to leave the door every time you want anything on your phone or computer. You would be surprised by how well this works. If you download something to watch later as you go shopping in an actual store on their WiFi, you can get your emails and messages from apps download at the same time.

Keep a list of things you need to use your favourite search engine for, and just work the list when you are in town.

You would be surprised at how easy it is to go all day Sunday with no data.

Obviously if you are work from home, this won't work. Being contactable primarily by phone or SMS works great for friendships, it is good to talk and more of that gets done if you go fully North Korea.

You can also go further to make your home a sanctuary, keeping it clean with shoes off at the door is a start, keeping only healthy food is another way to get that serene vibe that you desire.

famahar 2 days ago | parent [-]

I saw this amish documentary and how they still need to use some modern tech to do their work. One of the people had a cellphone that they only use in a tiny shack a bit of walk from their home, so it adds a lot of friction.