Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These… - Cal Newport

Less mental clutter means more mental resources available for deep thinking.

Thoreau demonstrated similar concern, famously writing in Walden that “we are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.

In the end, he settled on posting one picture every week of whatever personal art project he happens to be working on. “It’s a great way for me to have a visual archive of my projects,” he explained. He also follows only a small number of accounts, all of which belong to artists whose work inspires him — making the experience of checking his feed both fast and meaningful.