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I used Headspace for 400 days and all I got was this lousy sense of clarity and well-being Supposedly, meditation recharges your brain and boosts...

Why my Google Pixel is better without Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram… or even Google Back in 2014, after a few hundred thousand other people...

Fill your calendar with stuff that matters to you, before others can fill it for you I just love an empty calendar. It promises something...

I gave up on to-do lists; here's the super simple way I plan my days Last year, I shared my One Big Thing philosophy. The...

When Jake and I talk with people about making their iPhone distraction-free, the conversation always starts with notifications: alerts, buzzes, beeps, pop-ups, and the million...

My unscientific five-step recipe My New Year’s Resolutions used to fail every time. For example, I set a resolution to “Exercise more.” I vaguely imagined running...

Here's what I use to stay focused on my work What’s the best to-do app? The most exquisite notepad and pen for taking notes and...

How I started from scratch to create the perfect workday In 2015, while we were writing Sprint, for the first time in my professional life,...

Or, why I shut off the Internet every night at 9pm For years, I tried to start a daily writing habit. See, I had this...

As a Distraction-Free iPhone devotee, I don’t have email on my phone. (To be specific, I don’t have any email accounts set up on my...

I used to be really into to-do lists. That’s a weird interest to have, but it’s true. I read Getting Things Done in 2005, and...

I don’t follow the daily news. I don’t read a paper, watch TV news, or follow any news outlets on Twitter. Still, I want to...