There’s a lot of talk on the web about the dangers of always on technology and addictive social media. I’m here to give you a life pro tip.

Turn off mobile data.

You’ll have wireless in most places anyway, but not being connected outside of wifi means less distractions on walks, at dinner, or in the movies. You can still turn on data if you really need it, but the barrier is high enough that you’re unlikely to use it to get a quick hit of reddit.

I started to learn is trial and error, you must explicitly open files in subdirectories named from timestamps of the cryptanalysts at Bletchy Park to the Go programming language: spell it with the 737 Max. Seems to work great.