Friday, December 24, 2010

Hamlet's Blackberry Notes

"To lead happy, productive lives in a connected world, we need to master the art of disconnecting." p. 6

talking about Plato's Phaedrus "In a busy world, path to depth & fulfillment begins with distance.

"It is not the man who has too little who is poor but the one who hankers after more." Seneca

Unnecessary interruptions & recovery time take 28% of the avg worksday. p. 60

***Like Seneca's idea of finding one new idea to fully consider per day: After running over a lot of different thoughts, pick out one to be digested thoroughly that day. This is what I do myself; out of the many bits I have been reading I lay hold of one.">>considering how to do this myself...what would be a good practice for doing this...a daily entry?

Also talks around this point of the "finding flow" concept. >>I would also add the practice of "bracketing" to be able to block out distractions and focus...some of this is a matter of discipline & priority I'd say.

***My thoughts about how I pursue depth & balance
  • Start the day with poetry or other reflective reading (from a book!)
  • Keep Brendan company while he eats breakfast--don't be behind the screen unless there is a major pressing deadline!
  • Exercise goals:5 times/week target; 4 minimum. (no screens!) Walking outside regularly is one of most important practices of disconnecting.
  • Re-commit to our Sunday offline day.
  • Increase book reading/decrease web reading (especially random post dinner web surfing w/o goals). (possibly increase newspaper subscription?)
  • More times when email & Twitter are off for focused tasks
  • Weekly blogging for work; more frequent personal blogging (i.e. more in depth writing as opposed to thinking Twitter is covering my idea sharing). More in depth consideration of ideas/ issues.
  • Build in more book reading time during day while Brendan is up for role modeling.

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