Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
by nireyal on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:22AM
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I love that you’ve become Indistractable! Congrats!! What did you think about the section on “how to raise Indistractable kids”?
Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
by tren on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @08:51PM
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I think it's good advice for a lot of people. You're a role model for them, if you're always checking your phone your distraction will rub off on them. I try to spend a couple of hours each day with my kid focusing 100% on what we're doing.
I try to follow Derek Sivers advice as much as possible: https://sivers.org/pa
Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
by techstrategist on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:15AM
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I agree with these, although I do still struggle implementing them.
I'd already implemented most of your recommendations before reading it, and this year I feel like I've finally balanced tech consumption so that it's at a healthy level. It's allowed me to read over 20 books, pursue my hobbies in more depth and spend more time with my kid.
Things that worked for me:
- no tech in the bedroom, I leave my phone in the living room every night. - start a morning routine without tech every day, I meditate, do stretches and a light work out. - i try to read as much as possible in hard copy from the library. 3 week loans push me to finish things. I look forward to getting a notification that one of my reserves has arrived. If the library doesn't have a book it will inter library loan or purchase it for me most of the time. - all phone alerts turned off except for text msg/calls - only use FB messenger light if I'm going to use FB at all - plenty of time to do nothing. I don't think the human machine is meant to be on all the time