My first steps towards becoming less busy were all very simple and tactical. I set my phone to do the fewest possible notifications. I get a warble when someone texts me. Besides that, I don’t get a notification when email arrives, when someone comments on a social network, or any of those. And guess what? I’m still responsive. I’m still valuable.
This is a constant battle that I keep with myself. I love trying out new services, but every so often I have to sit down and decide, which ones am I going to actually use, which ones can I delete and how many many actions and notifications can I turn off.
I believe that that at this time Twitter DMs and TXT/SMS are the only notifications that are actually active on my phone.
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