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thoughts on digital wellbeing.
This is a newsletter about digital wellbeing, the project I'm building around it, and where I'm at personally. I'll write it every few days. No agenda beyond getting some thoughts out my head
Iain
Founder of Wise Eyes Open. Writing about digital wellbeing, intentional tech use, and what it means to live well in an age of distraction.
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Sleep, Screens and the Shape of Your Evenings
How small changes at night ripple into the next day
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Designing Your Environment for Better Digital Habits
Your environment is doing more work than your willpower
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The Case for Boredom
Why those "empty" moments matter more than we think
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Attention as a Daily Budget
Treating your attention like it actually matters
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Why Change Sticks Better With Other People
Why we struggle alone (and succeed together)
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Always on - Our Digital Leash
Remote Work's Freedom Became Our New Invisible Chain
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The Slow News Movement: Why Consuming Less Information Can Make You Better Informed
Do you ever catch yourself mindlessly scrolling through your phone, jumping from one breaking news alert to the next, only to feel oddly empty afterward? One morning, after spending an hour swiping through headlines before getting out of bed, I realized I couldn't recall a single useful thing
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Podcast footnotes #1
Notes from the Pivot Podcast (08/08/25) - AI Therapy, Mansplaining and Screen Addiction - featuring Kara Swisher & Mel Robbins
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The Digital Takeover: Why It's Time to Reclaim Control
When Smart Homes Get Too Smart We planted a few convenient digital seeds in our lives, and now we're standing in our kitchens realizing the smart fridge has formed an alliance with the vacuum cleaner, the doorbell is gossiping with the thermostat, and somewhere in the tangle of
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This is Wise Eyes Open, a brand new site that's just getting started. We fell strongly that our worlds have become overdigitised to the detrement of the human experience of life. Here, we aim to explore, test talk about the best ways to navigate this tech saturated, click-happy