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The Distraction-Free iPhone
Or, Why I’m happier since I disabled Safari by Jake Knapp Update: I’ve now been doing this for more than six years. You can read about it here. When people see my iPhone they’re like, “My God, man,...
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My Year With a Distraction-Free iPhone
by Jake Knapp Update: I’ve now been doing this for more than six years. You can read about it here. In 2012, I realized I had a problem. My iPhone made me twitchy. I could feel it in my pocket,...
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How I Became a Morning Person
And why I decided to make the change by John Zeratsky It’s early and dark. The alarm sounds, and you reach over to switch it off. After a short pause, you sit up. You swing your legs off the bed,...
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Why I Ignore the Daily News
by John Zeratsky I don’t follow the daily news. I don’t read a paper, watch TV news, or follow any news outlets on Twitter. Still, I want to know what’s happening in the world—both near to me and far...
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One Big Thing: A Simple Way to Do More by Planning Less
by John Zeratsky I used to be really into to-do lists. That’s a weird interest to have, but it’s true. I read Getting Things Done in 2005, and it became my gospel. I gave a talk on productivity at...
View ArticleHow to Send (But Not Receive) Email on Your iPhone
by John Zeratsky As a Distraction-Free iPhone devotee, I don’t have email on my phone. (To be specific, I don’t have any email accounts set up on my iPhone, and I have the Mail app stashed away in a...
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How I Used a Vacation Timer to Write a Book
Or, why I shut off the Internet every night at 9pm by Jake Knapp For years, I tried to start a daily writing habit. See, I had this crazy idea to write a book, and I knew I’d need a lot of time and...
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A Day Without Meetings
How I started from scratch to create the perfect workday by John Zeratsky In 2015, while we were writing Sprint, for the first time in my professional life, I had days without meetings. We knew it...
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Fancy Tools Are a Distraction
Here’s what I use to stay focused on my work by John Zeratsky What’s the best to-do app? The most exquisite notepad and pen for taking notes and sketching? The finest watch? It’s not hard to find...
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The Slacker’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
My unscientific five-step recipe by Jake Knapp My New Year’s Resolutions used to fail every time. For example, I set a resolution to “Exercise more.” I vaguely imagined running marathons and wearing...
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Notifications Suck, But Infinity Pools Are a Really Big Problem
by John Zeratsky When Jake and I talk with people about making their iPhone distraction-free, the conversation always starts with notifications: alerts, buzzes, beeps, pop-ups, and the million other...
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The Might-Do List
I gave up on to-do lists; here’s the super simple way I plan my days by John Zeratsky Last year, I shared my One Big Thing philosophy. The idea is simple: Focusing on one big thing each day is more...
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Start With a Full Calendar
Fill your calendar with stuff that matters to you, before others can fill it for you by John Zeratsky I just love an empty calendar. It promises something valuable and rare: Time. Time to think, to...
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The Distraction-Free Android
Why my Google Pixel is better without Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram… or even Google by John Zeratsky Back in 2014, after a few hundred thousand other people read about Jake’s...
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How I Tricked Myself Into Meditating
I used Headspace for 400 days and all I got was this lousy sense of clarity and well-being by Jake Knapp Supposedly, meditation recharges your brain and boosts your ability to focus. Supposedly, it...
View ArticleWasting Time
Is it possible that wasting time can actually be a good use of time? by John Zeratsky A few weeks back, I was talking with my friend Nick Baum (founder of StoryWorth) about Make Time. He shared with...
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The Burner List: My Simple, Paper-Based System for Focused To-dos
by Jake Knapp Man, I hate to-do lists. Checking off finished tasks feels good, but the glow of accomplishment masks an ugly truth: Most to-dos are just reactions to other people’s priorities, not...
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Stuck? Switch to Play Mode
by Jake Knapp I get stuck a lot. I get stuck writing, editing, making slides, doing designs, replying to email. I get stuck anytime I want to get something right. My friend Stefan suggested I try a...
View ArticleOne Thing at a Time
by John Zeratsky I’m a big fan of doing one thing at a time. This approach is powerful because, among other reasons, it works well at different “zoom levels” in life. I’ll try to explain what I mean...
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Seven Health Habits You Can Use to Build Energy and Get More Done Every Day
by John Zeratsky I am writing this on a Friday morning. Last night, I stayed out a little too late. I didn’t get enough sleep. I had one too many drinks. I ate dessert after dinner. The night before,...
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