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3 months ago I canceled my internet service at home for two reasons:

1. The service provider sucked and
2. I wanted to spend less time online and be less distracted

So, for two months I lived without high-speed internet at home.

I read 9 books.

I slept better because no more Netflix or Youtube before bed.

I generally planned my media/information consumption better.

I liked it very much.

I felt freed and less distracted.

But, a month ago I started working on a project with a company in the US.

The time-difference means the time I can interact with the team is from 3pm to 7pm CET.

At that time it became awkward to find a spot to be online, like a cafe or going to the Factory co-working space.

So, I asked my neighbor if she would be so kind to access to her network.\

She did (thank you very much!) and for the last 3 weeks I’ve been online at home again.

Needless to say, I got sucked back the old habits.

I again checked news, reddit, youtube and wasted hours on Netflix…

So, last night I made a pro/cons list and decided to go offline again.  

But with a twist… It’s not black and white:

• I need to access work stuff on my laptop. I have kept the network on my laptop.
• I like having Alexa there for music. Alexa’ll stay online as well.
• I wasted too much time on my phone. I removed the network from my phone.
• I wasted far too much time on my iPad. I removed the network from my iPad.

I cut the cords on my phone and iPad yesterday afternoon. 

And I already spent the evening reading again and slept better.