Breaking the Habit Update!

08/21/18 • 18 min

Kimi and Lou fill each other in on the progress they've made with breaking their bad habits. Here are some tools Kimi used to try and break her social media addiction:

Books:

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life (Catherine Price)
Bored and Brilliant (Manoush Zomorodi)

Articles:

This article from Tristan Harris:

http://www.tristanharris.com/2016/01/distracted-in-2016-welcome-to-mindfulness-bootcamp-for-your-iphone/

And the Moment app to track how much to use your phone.

Lou recommeds the book, The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr.

Kimi and Lou fill each other in on the progress they've made with breaking their bad habits. Here are some tools Kimi used to try and break her social media addiction:

Books:

How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life (Catherine Price)
Bored and Brilliant (Manoush Zomorodi)

Articles:

This article from Tristan Harris:

http://www.tristanharris.com/2016/01/distracted-in-2016-welcome-to-mindfulness-bootcamp-for-your-iphone/

And the Moment app to track how much to use your phone.

Lou recommeds the book, The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr.

Previous Episode

Breaking The Habit

In this episode Kimi and Lou discuss some of their bad habits, and come up with a plan to break them.

Kimi decides to try and face her social media addiction head on, using techniques from author Catherine Price, and app philosopher Tristan Harris.

Lou vows to spend less time reading useless content and getting rid of digital distraction. Check back in two weeks to see how this little experiment goes and how well our two heroes fare in their quest to slay their bad habit.

Next Episode

When Do You Pull The Plug

In this episode Kimi and Lou talk about when to pull the plug on your own work. The evolution of creative skills. And why oh why are some your first attempts at an art-form better than your sophomore efforts after you start learning technique.