Okay, at this point, you've cleaned up and optimized your environment in significant ways. Here, we encounter another potential trap: you may find that you suddenly have all this time on your hands and you're unsure what to do with it.

The reality is, you can't constantly work and be productive. Especially when you're starting out, you may find that even an hour of truly intense, highly focused work exhausts you. Focus and deep work are skills you have to build over time.

The risk here is that you fall back into old patterns. That you reach for your phone to scroll through some social media feed or go down the endless news-site rabbit hole, to fill this time.

To avoid this, create a list of positive, constructive, restorative things you can do to fill this time, so you avoid the misery-inducing tech addiction, but also don't have to be working all the time.

Why You Need a Positive, Non-Work Time Filler