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Silence, despite what librarians would have us believe, is not necessary for focus.

I've missed out on years of energy savings and better sleep by not having an electric mattress pad.

Aspirational goals typically require some level of focus. This is unfortunate.

You have to pay for cloud storage because all your attention and self-worth is stuck inside a glass rectangle that's not allowed to touch water.

Perhaps you've experienced this before — not long after buying one of these can openers the blade gets blunt, the cogs skip teeth as you turn the gears, and you can't eat your beans.

Reducing your devices sleep timer can give you greater agency, lower energy bills, increase the lifetime of your devices, give them longer battery life, and improve security.

You may have wondered how your city's mole-people so accurately navigate the subterranean world without cellular data.

Phones are forecast to get more expensive soon because all the microchips got gobbled up by companies trying to create god by doing matrix multiplication.

Downgrading your phone to a limited data plan saves you money and forces you to be more mindful of your phone use while you're out and about.

You can pay less on your phone bill, have greater flexibility over your contract, and keep same network coverage by switching to an MVNO.

Having quick-start enabled uses more energy — costing you more money.

Save time organising and picking out socks.

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Take back time, attention, and a modicum of agency from our techno overlords. Sort out your phone notifications

Don't waste any more of yours searching mechanically through strings of digits—that is what computers are for.

Cutting corners saves you weight and reduces the chance of pointy paper accidents

You can reduce the strain on your pinky fingers and shave nanoseconds off your typing speed by enabling sticky keys.

Calling on an emergency locksmith in the middle of the night can be really expensive — especially if they turn out to be just some guy with a crowbar.

Receiving junk mail is bad. It wastes time sifting, recycling, and it may even influence you into buying a timeshare or converting to a religion.

A collection of one-off actions to improve your life continuously — however marginally