Politics, advertising, annoying people - how to protect yourself from all this information noise? This article 7 technical solutions, how to do it on full automatic.
Our brain is in danger!
On the one hand - a policy that has poured all but out of each of the toaster. On the other hand - all kinds of advertising scams.
You say: infodieta, infodieta... But this is easier said than done!
In this article - seven technical solutions, how to stop information noise in your head.
All automatically. Willpower you do not need!
Why is it important?
Overheard "news" on the radio?
You immediately start to think about it, unwittingly.
You think. Pushing back. Think again. Besites and distilled again. Bad mood. Stress.
All this confuses the working attitude. You start to think about what you can not influence.
Infodieta not an option
It almost always requires willpower. And willpower - a limited resource.
Decision? Need to automate everything! Do not force the will and the tools and the environment - that is what will help us!
Solution number 1: pull out the TV antenna
Why do you need a TV?
Watch some movies? A download movies from the Internet does not?
News, weather, TV shows - similarly.
At the same time on the Internet you have the most important thing - a choice. You can listen to different transmission, different people, different points of view.
In the most extreme case, there is always the Internet broadcast of the same channels.
But you stop listening to a box in the background. And you can not turn it on reflex ...
Solution number 2: cut advertising
I use AdBlock.
He cuts not only advertising, but also hated the news teasers. And that's how it happens: went to see the weather, and woke up 15 minutes later at the other end of the Internet))
For example, here is how I cut the block with news on Gismeteo website:
No willpower! We just did not see the news link. So, there is no distraction.
Similarly, you can cut anything from the page. Cut once - lost for a long time!
Plus YouTube without advertising.
Solution number 3: blocking sites
And, you can lock in full:
- social networks;
- YouTube;
- news sites;
- sports sites.
Help us in this plug-ins for browsers:
- StayFocusd for Google Chrome;
- LeechBlock for Firefox.
Or, you can block access to the system level. See the program:
- K9 for Windows and Mac;
- SelfControl for Mac.
My friend Vadim told me that, well, no use of these programs and plug-ins will not be. A person can turn them off for 1–5 minutes and continue prokrastinirovat.
Perhaps this is so. But often the person is distracted unknowingly. In these cases, this lock works.
In addition, the more obstacles in the way of a diversion, the better. You just have to be lazy lazy))
Solution number 4: turn off notifications on your smartphone
Now, each program from an alarm clock and finishing with a flashlight, throws you notifications: vote, share ...
I turned off almost all notice her smartphone.
The Android is simple: Settings ⇒ General ⇒ application ⇒ Show notification.
Decision № 5: silent mode phone
I have already written on Layfhakere that my phone will not emit any sounds.
Try it - you'll like.
Solution number 6: unsubscribe to spam messages
No one likes spam. But thanks to a powerful email spam filter did not reach us. Almost all junk emails ourselves once agreed to receive.
It can be fixed. Fiercely unsubscribe from all unnecessary!
Often it is enough to click on the "Unsubscribe" or Unsubscribe at the bottom of the letter. Sometimes - Disable notifications in your account (Facebook, «VKontakte», Twitter). In an extreme case, add the insolent black list (for "Yandex. Mail ") or we filter (for Gmail).
The result: a neat mailbox, letters only in the case.
Decision № 7: earplugs, if all else fails
Sometimes it is simply impossible to stop infoshum. For example, your boss loudly, listening to the radio.
For such cases, ear plugs are essential. I choose silicone earplugs (like clay):
They are well-quenched noise and at the same time affordable. They are always with me, in a special container.
in total
Recently, information pressure has increased multiply. Usual infodieta no longer cope.
Well, that can be redeemed infoshum technically.
Protect yourself!
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