Ben Casnocha

After I wrote my post on Unhibernating , my long-time, empathetic friend Christopher Schroeder , whom I originally met through Ben Casnocha (that story is discussed in Give First: The Power of Mentorship ), sent me a short note asking, “Have you been ok?” I responded with a long email explaining why I decided to hibernate in the summer of 2023 and why this hibernation lasted almost two years. After writing a long email (which I’ve been doing a lot of during my hibernation), I asked Chris if I could post my response to my blog, and he said, “Of course.” ...

Several friends have mentioned that I’d love Cal Newport’s writing. I finally got around to reading his most recent book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World and my friends were correct. Newport is famous for being a millennial, computer scientist, and a book author who doesn’t have a social media account. Digital Minimalism is complementary to Jaron Lanier ‘s book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now , but I found Newport a lot more comfortable and convincing. More importantly, it reinforced a number of changes that I’ve already made in my life over the past few years. ...