This is part of our series on Leo Babauta’s Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey.
The 64th idea in the manifesto is:
Simplify your online life. If you have too much going on online, here are a few ways to simplify it all. Article here.
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We’ve written about simplifying your online life before, but it never hurts to remind each other again and again.
- Filtered e-mail tastes better
- Limit you media consumption
- Simplify your computer life
- Inbox zero
- Simplify your RSS feeds
Like many things in life, it’s easy to take a stand and simplify our online life.
We make a big effort and tell folks about all our new changes. We commit to a new lifestyle of only checking our e-mail 3 times a day, turning off all our Facebook notifications, etc. etc.
We take extreme action, simplify our online life and then slowly but surely, it all starts creeping back in bit by bit (literally).
I’ve seen it in my own life as well.
When my schedule gets slow, I find myself checking in with Twitter and Facebook more.
And when my schedule gets busy, I see my e-mail inbox going from zero to full clutter.
Simply put — we have to continually set our mind upon simplifying our life — both online and offline.
Some of my rules for simplifying online…
- Turn off your online notifications. You don’t need to be reminded to check your e-mail or online networks.
- Reduce your online networks. If you need to be on multiple networks, pick two or three and focus on those only.
- Inbox zero. Every time you check your e-mail (hopefully only a minimal number of times a day) make it a priority to leave no e-mails in your inbox.
- Unsubscribe. Remove yourself from as many e-mail and RSS subscriptions as possible.
What other ways have you found to simplify your online life?
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Simple Manifesto #64: Simplify your online life
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