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Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Productivity

1 thought, 1 article, something to avoid & something to use Your weekly dose of digital mindfulness Hello, digital friend, I hope you are having a fantastic week. Today, I want to talk a bit about productivity, procrastination, and the digital tools that can help me (or keep me from) being

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Addiction

1 thought, 1 article, something to avoid & something to use Your weekly dose of digital mindfulness Hello, digital friend, I know that the influence of social media on my life is terrible and that YouTube, Reddit, or Instagram are stealing my time. It was this knowledge that made me break

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 New is Always Better?

1 thought, 1 article, something to avoid & something to use Your weekly dose of digital mindfulness Hello, digital friend, It’s Thursdays, so it is time for our Newsletter on mindful digital adoption again. This week, we’ll focus on the amount of useful information on the internet. A Thought

How an Alarm Clock Improved My Day

The positive impacts of “old” technology The day I got a smartphone in 2008, it replaced my alarm clock. I was impressed by this new technology and sure about its positive impact on my life, so since that day, every morning starts with me reaching for my phone, turning it

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Distance & Updates

1 thought, 1 article, something to avoid & something to use Your weekly dose of digital mindfulness Hello, digital friend, Maybe you have noticed the new tagline above: your weekly dose of digital mindfulness. Weekly? Yes, because I have some exciting updates: The Digital Oase Newsletter is evolving! We are still

How to Create a Password Protected Folder on Your Mac

Some files are so sensitive or personal that only you should see them. Financial documents, private pictures or your weight loss progress are just some of them. You don’t want anyone on your computer to be able to see them. Having an encrypted space on my MacBook gives me

A Digital Long-Distance Relationship

How technology helped me through a difficult time. Long-distance relationships suck, and everyone who ever experienced one knows that. My wife (girlfriend back then) and I had to do long-distance for over one year, and while my grandmother was impressed by the possibilities of modern technology (when she was younger

Writing My E-Mails Like Code

The improvements I experienced after rethinking the way I compose my e-mails. I was annoyed with my inefficient e-mail conversations at work and wanted to change something. While not being a programmer, I like the logic of coding, which uses multiple conditions an algorithm to get tasks done with a

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 My First Week Without YouTube and Video Games

3 things I learned It is one week since I broke up with technology [https://www.digitaloase.com/my-breakup-with-technology/] and stopped watching any videos or play any video games. I tried to be mindful of the influences this change had on my day, and I already learned a lot about

My Breakup With Technology

I live in a toxic relationship. I used to tell myself that it wasn’t too bad, that I could stop at any time, but it turns out I can’t. The digital world drains me, stealing the time of my life, keeping me from achieving my goals, and making

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Dynamic Articles

Something annoys me about blog posts: their quality. The digital world allows us to write and share content without the costs of physical production or distribution. This lack of limitations leads to an unbelievable amount of blogs, articles, photos, etc. There are more articles published on Medium in a day

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Why I Love & Hate The Digital World

I love the digital world because it improves my life and helps me reach my goals. But, I also hate the way digital tools take over and can change everything for the worse. I want to learn how to make technology work for me and help me to a better

The No-Subscription Setup

How I reduce the money I pay every month by finding non-subscription alternatives to the programs I use. It feels like everything becomes a subscription, and I am getting annoyed by the growing amount of money I have to pay every month. I miss the times when I just bought

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Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 Subscriptions

The Idea Dump

A safe place for my ideas that doesn’t distract me. I walk down the street to the grocery store when it happens: a fantastic idea for a future project. So what to do? Usually, I would write it down in my ToDo list, and then it would sit there

Writing by Hand

The advantages of an outdated form of working. From: The Digital Oase Newsletter [https://www.digitaloase.com/#/portal] Writing on a computer is better than on paper. I knew this simple fact since I borrowed my dad’s work laptop at the age of 12, an old IBM ThinkPad, to

Digital Oase Newsletter 🐫 The To-Do List

The to-do list was the first apps I started using when getting an iPhone. The advantages of a digital list over multiple slips of paper were obvious to me and I did not doubt that this new tool would improve my productivity. Back then, I used Apple's reminders - today,

My “New” To-Do List

Simple, helpful, and dangerous. Why, after 10 years of daily use, I had to establish some ground rules on how to use my favourite app. The first app in the top-left corner of my home screen is Things 3, the to-do list of my choice. Since Apple introduced Reminders in

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Digital Oase Newsletter 29/21 🐫 About Time

Yesterday, I experienced the digital world in a way I haven’t for over 10 years. After moving to a new apartment and a missed appointment with the internet-provider, my wife and I had to spend one day without internet and while this doesn’t seem too exciting at first,

The Little Time in a Week

I often feel like one week just does not have enough time to work towards my goals and the life of my dreams. Often, on a Sunday night, when I sit down to think about my achievements of the past week and set my focus for the next one, I

My Automated Backup Process

I am bad at backups. Right now, I would lose 2 months of data, photos and videos because I forget about saving it in regular intervals. I know this has to change. I love photography and my hard drive contains thousands of memories. It is my most valuable possession. That

How I Use Little Breaks to Reach my Goals

My 5 favourite apps to use. I am always on my phone; Waiting for the bus, on the bus, at work, or in the bathroom - I use my phone to kill time or take a little break. Recently, I tried to be more mindful about my interactions with technology

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Newsletter 🐫 On Screen Time

10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Screen Time

How I saved 14 hours a week by making my phone less addictive. Every free second I reach for my phone to consume content. Without thinking, I turn it on and scroll through apps, news, and social media. This adds up to many hours of screen time every week – and

The Digital Distraction Journal

How a small physical notebook reduced my screen time by hours. This happens every day: I get out my phone for a small task and end up doing something completely different instead. I want to write down an idea, get distracted by a notification, and suddenly spend 15 minutes on