October 4, 2026 · 7 min

Turning off every notification

How to do it in ten minutes, and the three I turned back on.

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Quiet Hours

A short letter every Sunday: one experiment in using technology less, what happened and one thing to try this week.

“The one email I open the day it lands.”

A reader

No.	Date	Title	Topic	Read
26	Oct 11	Latest Cycling with nothing in my pocket A long ride with no phone, no music and no way to check the time.	Walking	8 min
24	Sep 27	A morning without the news What changes when the first thing you see is not a headline.	Attention	6 min