digital minimalism Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/digital-minimalism/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:35:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 digital minimalism Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/digital-minimalism/ 32 32 150809980 Emotional Fragility: Is This the New Normal? https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/22/emotional-fragility/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/22/emotional-fragility/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:35:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6838 Until the advent of the Scientific Revolution and the pronounced growth of technology and tools of human innovation, the vast majority of humans lived in squalid conditions of abject poverty. Picture your modern neighbor with three garages filled with late-model cars, his-and-her jet-skis, and a really impressive angle grinder. In 1437 this same middle-class citizen …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/22/emotional-fragility/feed/ 9 6838 Boredom? Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/06/boredom-aint-nobody-got-time-for-that/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/06/boredom-aint-nobody-got-time-for-that/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4365 It’s clear now that we will be stuck in our homes for all of April, doing our part to stem the spread of the coronavirus. And let’s be real, I’ve got a close eye on May as well, if not October. While we may be minimizing our physical health risks by staying at home, the …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/06/boredom-aint-nobody-got-time-for-that/feed/ 0 4365 But There's No Time to Save Money! https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/09/but-theres-no-time-to-save-money/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/09/but-theres-no-time-to-save-money/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3389 Throwing on a jacket, I hurriedly move wide-eyed about the house, gathering my crap strung aimlessly in seemingly every room. Let’s see, it’s a gym day, so I need my gym bag, chalk bucket, climbing shoes, and post-session snack. Damnit, where are my keys?! IT’S TIME TO GO!! Ugh…honey, can you fill up the dog’s …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/09/but-theres-no-time-to-save-money/feed/ 3 3389 Walking the Walk and Other Tales by Foot https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/04/walking-the-walk-and-other-tales-by-foot/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/04/walking-the-walk-and-other-tales-by-foot/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3148 I really like to walk. Or maybe I really loathe sitting still. Ask my wife or any of my family members. If you invite me over and expect the bulk of the experience to be shared on a couch, you will find me pacing like a deranged man on his third rail of cocaine. YEAH! …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/04/walking-the-walk-and-other-tales-by-foot/feed/ 4 3148 Digital Minimalism: Give Me Back My Brain https://clippingchains.com/2019/06/10/digital-minimalism-give-me-back-my-brain/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/06/10/digital-minimalism-give-me-back-my-brain/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:00:21 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2121 We’ve all seen the dramatic shift to mobile technology in the last decade. This explosion of digital information is making us freaks and zombies. I’ve just finished reading Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport. The message here to get back our brain is so important that I started …

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