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Offline 23 hours a day

Derek Sivers · 3 Mar 2026 · sive.rs

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  1. Long stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible.

    Media silence creates a vacuum, which your own thoughts expand to fill.
  2. Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker.

    My brain feels stronger because I work through the problem instead of prompting it away.
  3. A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused.

    Every day or two, I bring my laptop into town to get online for an hour. The time limit keeps me super-focused.