For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction with… - Cal Newport

For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life.

Jim Clark was interviewed at an event held at Stanford University. At some point in the interview, the topic turned to social media. Clark’s reaction was unexpected given his high-tech background: “I just don’t appreciate social networking.” As he then clarifies, this distaste is captured by a particular experience he had sitting on a panel with a social media executive: [The executive was] just raving about these people spending twelve hours a day on Facebook . . . so I asked a question to the guy who was raving: “The guy who’s spending twelve hours a day on Facebook, do you think he’ll be able to do what you’ve done?

There is a middle ground, and if you’re interested in developing a deep work habit, you must fight to get there.

A clean break is best.