In his office, during an hour-long interview, there was not a single interruption. No email or text pings. No ringing phones. His computer was closed. His cell

In his office, during an hour-long interview, there was not a single interruption. No email or text pings. No ringing phones. His computer was closed. His cell phone was turned off, as it usually is. He sometimes works until 9 at night, but he doesn’t work at home. On weekends, he checks his email just once a day. I've been getting increasingly concerned about the amount of time I spend staring at screens and generally getting distracted by crap, so I've been taking steps to reduce it. I now use a feature phone, I've totally ditched the iPad in favour of the Kindle, and I'm trying to reduce the amount of time I spend on the computer (that one with mixed success). It's been absolutely fantastic. I've definitely realised that the problem doesn't lie with the gadgets, it lies with me, and the only way to control myself is to restrict my access. It's definitely been occasionally difficult living without a smartphone, but not impossible. My end-game plan is to replace all my laptops with a single iMac, and to have that in some room that is not my bedroom or my living room, that shuts with a door. We'll see how that one goes. This move has also coincided with me being on a leave of absence which led to me quitting my job, so when I'm back in the real world it will be interesting to see if I really need any of it. I'm betting not, although it will occasionally probably be frustrating.