This book was on the very top of my 2021 book pile. When I first read Cal Newport’s previous book, Deep Work, I immediately knew that low-value distractions were keeping me from doing things that were important to me. In this new book, Professor Newport again highlights the value of solitude and the importance of turning off the digital world to recover our sense of equilibrium and connection with others, not just for the benefit of the work we do but to recapture the world of thoughtful leisure we used to know, that brings both enrichment and as sense of calm. You can read it slowly and really drink it in, or scan it in an afternoon and see if his detoxification plan is for you.
