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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==

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	📘 '''''{{Tooltip\|Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World}}''''' (2019) is {{Tooltip\|Cal Newport}}’s guide to a deliberate philosophy of technology built around a 30-day “digital declutter” and then rebuilding only the tools that serve your values.<ref name="PRH2019" /> Newport frames digital minimalism as focusing online time on a small set of carefully selected and optimized activities—“clutter is costly, optimization is important, and intentionality is satisfying.”<ref name="LARB20190610">{{cite news \|title=Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism” \|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/walking-alone-on-digital-minimalism \|work=Los Angeles Review of Books \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Fayle \|first=Taylor}}</ref> The book is organized in two parts—“Foundations” and “Practices”—across seven chapters that move from diagnosis to step-by-step tactics. Its prose blends manifesto and manual, with recurring practices centered on solitude, high-bandwidth conversation, and high-quality leisure.<ref name="LARB20190610" /> On release, it became a bestseller across the {{Tooltip\|New York Times}}, {{Tooltip\|Wall Street Journal}}, {{Tooltip\|Publishers Weekly}}, and {{Tooltip\|USA Today}} lists, and it reached #5 on the {{Tooltip\|Wall Street Journal}} hardcover nonfiction list for the week ended 9 February 2019.<ref name="PRH2019" /><ref name="WSJ20190215">{{cite news \|title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Feb. 9 \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-feb-9-11550244453 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|date=15 February 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		📘 '''''{{Tooltip\|Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World}}''''' (2019) is {{Tooltip\|Cal Newport}}’s guide to a deliberate philosophy of technology built around a 30-day “digital declutter” and then rebuilding only the tools that serve your values.<ref name="PRH2019" /> Newport frames digital minimalism as focusing online time on a small set of carefully selected and optimized activities—“clutter is costly, optimization is important, and intentionality is satisfying.”<ref name="LARB20190610">{{cite news \|title=Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism” \|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/walking-alone-on-digital-minimalism \|work=Los Angeles Review of Books \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Fayle \|first=Taylor}}</ref> The book is organized in two parts—“Foundations” and “Practices”—across seven chapters that move from diagnosis to step-by-step tactics. Its prose blends manifesto and manual, with recurring practices centered on solitude, high-bandwidth conversation, and high-quality leisure.<ref name="LARB20190610" /> On release, it became a bestseller across the {{Tooltip\|New York Times}}, {{Tooltip\|Wall Street Journal}}, {{Tooltip\|Publishers Weekly}}, and {{Tooltip\|USA Today}} lists, and it reached #5 on the {{Tooltip\|Wall Street Journal}} hardcover nonfiction list for the week ended 9 February 2019.<ref name="PRH2019" /><ref name="WSJ20190215">{{cite news \|title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Feb. 9 \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-feb-9-11550244453 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|date=15 February 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

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	== Part I – Foundations ==		== Part I – Foundations ==

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	🧹 In early December 2017, an email call for volunteers to attempt a month-long digital declutter in January drew more than 1,600 participants, and by 4 February 2018 the effort had reached national attention in the {{Tooltip\|New York Times}}. In February, detailed reports described the rules people adopted, where they struggled during the thirty days, and how they reintroduced tools afterward. The process formalizes three steps and defines “optional technologies” as apps, sites, and related tools while exempting professional obligations; borderline cases such as video games and streaming television are weighed by their actual pull. A twenty-nine-year-old business owner named Joseph grouped video games with compulsive blog reading because downtime felt “restless,” while a management consultant named Kate noted that {{Tooltip\|Netflix}} routinely hijacked the moments she intended for projects. Reintroduction runs through a minimalist screen—serve a deeply held value, be the best method to serve it, and operate under explicit rules—and relies on standard operating procedures like checking {{Tooltip\|Facebook}} only on Saturdays from a computer, keeping the app off the phone, and pruning the friend list to meaningful ties. Many participants reported the reset felt like lifting a psychological weight as reflexive, low-value behaviors fell away, yet those who treated the month as a detox, wrote vague rules, or failed to plan satisfying alternatives tended to quit early. The aim is to replace frictionless, stimulus-driven engagement with value-guided use in which context, constraints, and better options protect attention. Scarcity and clear operating rules blunt variable-reward loops, while high-quality leisure and face-to-face connection fill the gap they leave. ''Put aside a thirty-day period during which you will take a break from optional technologies in your life.''		🧹 In early December 2017, an email call for volunteers to attempt a month-long digital declutter in January drew more than 1,600 participants, and by 4 February 2018 the effort had reached national attention in the {{Tooltip\|New York Times}}. In February, detailed reports described the rules people adopted, where they struggled during the thirty days, and how they reintroduced tools afterward. The process formalizes three steps and defines “optional technologies” as apps, sites, and related tools while exempting professional obligations; borderline cases such as video games and streaming television are weighed by their actual pull. A twenty-nine-year-old business owner named Joseph grouped video games with compulsive blog reading because downtime felt “restless,” while a management consultant named Kate noted that {{Tooltip\|Netflix}} routinely hijacked the moments she intended for projects. Reintroduction runs through a minimalist screen—serve a deeply held value, be the best method to serve it, and operate under explicit rules—and relies on standard operating procedures like checking {{Tooltip\|Facebook}} only on Saturdays from a computer, keeping the app off the phone, and pruning the friend list to meaningful ties. Many participants reported the reset felt like lifting a psychological weight as reflexive, low-value behaviors fell away, yet those who treated the month as a detox, wrote vague rules, or failed to plan satisfying alternatives tended to quit early. The aim is to replace frictionless, stimulus-driven engagement with value-guided use in which context, constraints, and better options protect attention. Scarcity and clear operating rules blunt variable-reward loops, while high-quality leisure and face-to-face connection fill the gap they leave. ''Put aside a thirty-day period during which you will take a break from optional technologies in your life.''

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	== Part II – Practices ==		== Part II – Practices ==

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	''—Note: The above summary follows the {{Tooltip\|Portfolio}} hardcover edition (2019; ISBN 978-0-525-53651-2).''<ref name="PRH2019">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism \|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/575667/digital-minimalism-by-cal-newport/ \|website=Penguin Random House \|publisher=Portfolio \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="OCLC1086565379">{{cite web \|title=Digital minimalism: choosing a focused life in a noisy world \|url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/digital-minimalism-choosing-a-focused-life-in-a-noisy-world/oclc/1086565379 \|website=WorldCat \|publisher=OCLC \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		''—Note: The above summary follows the {{Tooltip\|Portfolio}} hardcover edition (2019; ISBN 978-0-525-53651-2).''<ref name="PRH2019">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism \|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/575667/digital-minimalism-by-cal-newport/ \|website=Penguin Random House \|publisher=Portfolio \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="OCLC1086565379">{{cite web \|title=Digital minimalism: choosing a focused life in a noisy world \|url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/digital-minimalism-choosing-a-focused-life-in-a-noisy-world/oclc/1086565379 \|website=WorldCat \|publisher=OCLC \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

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	👎 '''Criticism'''. In a substantive review, ''{{Tooltip\|The New Yorker}}'' argued that the book emphasizes individual discipline while giving limited attention to systemic or regulatory remedies for the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422">{{cite news \|title=What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away \|work=The New Yorker \|date=22 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Tolentino \|first=Jia}}</ref> ''{{Tooltip\|The Times}}'' (London) praised the clarity of Newport’s case but expressed skepticism about “quick fixes” for smartphone overuse.<ref name="Times20190125">{{cite news \|title=Review: Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology — log off and choose life \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/review-digital-minimalism-on-living-better-with-less-technology-by-cal-newport-log-off-and-choose-life-cffbzvk7r \|work=The Times \|date=25 January 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> More broadly, ''{{Tooltip\|Wired}}'' placed the book within a 2019 wave of tech-self-help and argued that a more moderate, integrative approach to digital life was also emerging.<ref name="Wired20200106">{{cite news \|title=Live Your Best Life—On and Off Your Phone—in 2020 \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/live-your-best-digital-life-2020 \|work=Wired \|date=6 January 2020 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		👎 '''Criticism'''. In a substantive review, ''{{Tooltip\|The New Yorker}}'' argued that the book emphasizes individual discipline while giving limited attention to systemic or regulatory remedies for the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422">{{cite news \|title=What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away \|work=The New Yorker \|date=22 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Tolentino \|first=Jia}}</ref> ''{{Tooltip\|The Times}}'' (London) praised the clarity of Newport’s case but expressed skepticism about “quick fixes” for smartphone overuse.<ref name="Times20190125">{{cite news \|title=Review: Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology — log off and choose life \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/review-digital-minimalism-on-living-better-with-less-technology-by-cal-newport-log-off-and-choose-life-cffbzvk7r \|work=The Times \|date=25 January 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> More broadly, ''{{Tooltip\|Wired}}'' placed the book within a 2019 wave of tech-self-help and argued that a more moderate, integrative approach to digital life was also emerging.<ref name="Wired20200106">{{cite news \|title=Live Your Best Life—On and Off Your Phone—in 2020 \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/live-your-best-digital-life-2020 \|work=Wired \|date=6 January 2020 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

	🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. In the public sector and professional communities, the {{Tooltip\|Library of Congress}} highlighted ''Digital Minimalism'' among recommended productivity resources at the 2019 {{Tooltip\|American Association of Law Libraries}} conference.<ref name="LOC20190807">{{cite web \|title=American Association of Law Libraries 2019 Conference Recap \|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2019/08/american-association-of-law-libraries-2019-conference-recap/ \|website=Library of Congress \|publisher=Library of Congress \|date=7 August 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> In higher education, a {{Tooltip\|University of Florida}} course (“{{Tooltip\|Empathy and Instagram}},” Fall 2021) assigned an excerpt from the book.<ref name="UF2021Syllabus">{{cite web \|title=Empathy and Instagram (IDS2935, Sec. 2SA2) — Fall 2021 \|url=https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/media/undergradaaufledu/uf-quest/quest-course-materials/quest-2-syllabi/2218_Athearn.pdf \|website=University of Florida \|publisher=University of Florida \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> Media outlets also used the book to frame broader debates about “digital detox” and news consumption in the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422" /> {{Tooltip\|Georgetown University}} hosted an author talk shortly after publication, reflecting campus-level interest in the book’s proposals.<ref name="GULibrary20190403">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Book Talk \|url=https://library.georgetown.edu/news/digital-minimalism-choosing-focused-life-noisy-world \|website=Georgetown University Library \|publisher=Georgetown University \|date=3 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. In the public sector and professional communities, the {{Tooltip\|Library of Congress}} highlighted ''Digital Minimalism'' among recommended productivity resources at the 2019 {{Tooltip\|American Association of Law Libraries}} conference.<ref name="LOC20190807">{{cite web \|title=American Association of Law Libraries 2019 Conference Recap \|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2019/08/american-association-of-law-libraries-2019-conference-recap/ \|website=Library of Congress \|publisher=Library of Congress \|date=7 August 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> In higher education, a {{Tooltip\|University of Florida}} course (“{{Tooltip\|Empathy and Instagram}},” Fall 2021) assigned an excerpt from the book.<ref name="UF2021Syllabus">{{cite web \|title=Empathy and Instagram (IDS2935, Sec. 2SA2) — Fall 2021 \|url=https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/media/undergradaaufledu/uf-quest/quest-course-materials/quest-2-syllabi/2218_Athearn.pdf \|website=University of Florida \|publisher=University of Florida \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> Media outlets also used the book to frame broader debates about “digital detox” and news consumption in the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422" /> {{Tooltip\|Georgetown University}} hosted an author talk shortly after publication, reflecting campus-level interest in the book’s proposals.<ref name="GULibrary20190403">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Book Talk \|url=https://library.georgetown.edu/news/digital-minimalism-choosing-focused-life-noisy-world \|website=Georgetown University Library \|publisher=Georgetown University Library \|date=3 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

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	👎 '''Criticism'''. In a substantive review, ''{{Tooltip\|The New Yorker}}'' argued that the book emphasizes individual discipline while giving limited attention to systemic or regulatory remedies for the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422">{{cite news \|title=What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away \|work=The New Yorker \|date=22 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Tolentino \|first=Jia}}</ref> ''{{Tooltip\|The Times}}'' (London) praised the clarity of Newport’s case but expressed skepticism about “quick fixes” for smartphone overuse.<ref name="Times20190125">{{cite news \|title=Review: Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology — log off and choose life \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/review-digital-minimalism-on-living-better-with-less-technology-by-cal-newport-log-off-and-choose-life-cffbzvk7r \|work=The Times \|date=25 January 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> More broadly, ''{{Tooltip\|Wired}}'' placed the book within a 2019 wave of tech-self-help and argued that a more moderate, integrative approach to digital life was also emerging.<ref name="Wired20200106">{{cite news \|title=Live Your Best Life—On and Off Your Phone—in 2020 \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/live-your-best-digital-life-2020 \|work=Wired \|date=6 January 2020 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		👎 '''Criticism'''. In a substantive review, ''{{Tooltip\|The New Yorker}}'' argued that the book emphasizes individual discipline while giving limited attention to systemic or regulatory remedies for the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422">{{cite news \|title=What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away \|work=The New Yorker \|date=22 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Tolentino \|first=Jia}}</ref> ''{{Tooltip\|The Times}}'' (London) praised the clarity of Newport’s case but expressed skepticism about “quick fixes” for smartphone overuse.<ref name="Times20190125">{{cite news \|title=Review: Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology — log off and choose life \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/review-digital-minimalism-on-living-better-with-less-technology-by-cal-newport-log-off-and-choose-life-cffbzvk7r \|work=The Times \|date=25 January 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> More broadly, ''{{Tooltip\|Wired}}'' placed the book within a 2019 wave of tech-self-help and argued that a more moderate, integrative approach to digital life was also emerging.<ref name="Wired20200106">{{cite news \|title=Live Your Best Life—On and Off Your Phone—in 2020 \|url=https://www.wired.com/story/live-your-best-digital-life-2020 \|work=Wired \|date=6 January 2020 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

	🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. In the public sector and professional communities, the {{Tooltip\|Library of Congress}} highlighted ''Digital Minimalism'' among recommended productivity resources at the 2019 {{Tooltip\|American Association of Law Libraries}} conference.<ref name="LOC20190807">{{cite web \|title=American Association of Law Libraries 2019 Conference Recap \|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2019/08/american-association-of-law-libraries-2019-conference-recap/ \|website=Library of Congress \|publisher=Library of Congress \|date=7 August 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> In higher education, a {{Tooltip\|University of Florida}} course (“{{Tooltip\|Empathy and Instagram}},” Fall 2021) assigned an excerpt from the book.<ref name="UF2021Syllabus">{{cite web \|title=Empathy and Instagram (IDS2935, Sec. 2SA2) — Fall 2021 \|url=https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/media/undergradaaufledu/uf-quest/quest-course-materials/quest-2-syllabi/2218_Athearn.pdf \|website=University of Florida \|publisher=University of Florida \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> Media outlets also used the book to frame broader debates about “digital detox” and news consumption in the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422" /> {{Tooltip\|Georgetown University}} hosted an author talk shortly after publication, reflecting campus-level interest in the book’s proposals.<ref name="GULibrary20190403">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Book Talk \|url=https://library.georgetown.edu/news/digital-minimalism-choosing-focused-life-noisy-world \|website=~~{{Tooltip\|~~Georgetown University Library}} \|publisher=Georgetown University \|date=3 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. In the public sector and professional communities, the {{Tooltip\|Library of Congress}} highlighted ''Digital Minimalism'' among recommended productivity resources at the 2019 {{Tooltip\|American Association of Law Libraries}} conference.<ref name="LOC20190807">{{cite web \|title=American Association of Law Libraries 2019 Conference Recap \|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2019/08/american-association-of-law-libraries-2019-conference-recap/ \|website=Library of Congress \|publisher=Library of Congress \|date=7 August 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> In higher education, a {{Tooltip\|University of Florida}} course (“{{Tooltip\|Empathy and Instagram}},” Fall 2021) assigned an excerpt from the book.<ref name="UF2021Syllabus">{{cite web \|title=Empathy and Instagram (IDS2935, Sec. 2SA2) — Fall 2021 \|url=https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/media/undergradaaufledu/uf-quest/quest-course-materials/quest-2-syllabi/2218_Athearn.pdf \|website=University of Florida \|publisher=University of Florida \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> Media outlets also used the book to frame broader debates about “digital detox” and news consumption in the attention economy.<ref name="NewYorker20190422" /> {{Tooltip\|Georgetown University}} hosted an author talk shortly after publication, reflecting campus-level interest in the book’s proposals.<ref name="GULibrary20190403">{{cite web \|title=Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World — Book Talk \|url=https://library.georgetown.edu/news/digital-minimalism-choosing-focused-life-noisy-world \|website=Georgetown University Library \|publisher=Georgetown University \|date=3 April 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

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	📘 '''''Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World''''' (2019) is Cal Newport’s guide to a deliberate philosophy of technology built around a 30-day “digital declutter” and then rebuilding only the tools that serve your values.<ref name="PRH2019" /> Newport frames digital minimalism as focusing online time on a small set of carefully selected and optimized activities—“clutter is costly, optimization is important, and intentionality is satisfying.”<ref name="LARB20190610">{{cite news \|title=Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism” \|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/walking-alone-on-digital-minimalism \|work=Los Angeles Review of Books \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Fayle \|first=Taylor}}</ref> The book is organized in two parts—“Foundations” and “Practices”—across seven chapters that move from diagnosis to step-by-step tactics.~~<ref name="TOC" />~~ Its prose blends manifesto and manual, with recurring practices centered on solitude, high-bandwidth conversation, and high-quality leisure.<ref name="LARB20190610" /> On release, it became a bestseller across the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists, and it reached #5 on the Wall Street Journal hardcover nonfiction list for the week ended 9 February 2019.<ref name="PRH2019" /><ref name="WSJ20190215">{{cite news \|title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Feb. 9 \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-feb-9-11550244453 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|date=15 February 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>		📘 '''''Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World''''' (2019) is Cal Newport’s guide to a deliberate philosophy of technology built around a 30-day “digital declutter” and then rebuilding only the tools that serve your values.<ref name="PRH2019" /> Newport frames digital minimalism as focusing online time on a small set of carefully selected and optimized activities—“clutter is costly, optimization is important, and intentionality is satisfying.”<ref name="LARB20190610">{{cite news \|title=Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism” \|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/walking-alone-on-digital-minimalism \|work=Los Angeles Review of Books \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025 \|last=Fayle \|first=Taylor}}</ref> The book is organized in two parts—“Foundations” and “Practices”—across seven chapters that move from diagnosis to step-by-step tactics. Its prose blends manifesto and manual, with recurring practices centered on solitude, high-bandwidth conversation, and high-quality leisure.<ref name="LARB20190610" /> On release, it became a bestseller across the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists, and it reached #5 on the Wall Street Journal hardcover nonfiction list for the week ended 9 February 2019.<ref name="PRH2019" /><ref name="WSJ20190215">{{cite news \|title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Feb. 9 \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-feb-9-11550244453 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|date=15 February 2019 \|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>

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	=== CapSach articles ===		=== CapSach articles ===
	{{Digital Minimalism/thumbnail}}
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	{{The One Thing/thumbnail}}		{{The One Thing/thumbnail}}