Unsubscribe: The Cheapest Subscription You’ll Never Regret

I used to think personal growth was all about adding more. More books. More apps. More strategies. If I could just find the right tool, I’d finally feel calmer, clearer, more in control.

But the truth? The thing that’s helped me the most wasn’t something I added. It was something I took away.

Unsubscribe.

Not from my emails (don’t worry), but from everything that was slowly hijacking my time, attention, and peace of mind.

For me, it started with a deliberate smartphone detox:

No social media apps.

No news alerts.

Barely any notifications at all.

At first, it felt uncomfortable. I’d grab my phone out of habit and realize there was nothing to scroll. But then something shifted. My mornings felt calmer. Conversations felt richer. I didn’t feel the constant background buzz of urgency or comparison.

I didn’t cut myself off from the world—I reclaimed my attention so I could show up better in it. And it changed everything.

We tend to think growth comes from stacking on more: another hack, another system, another productivity upgrade. But maybe the real growth happens in what we’re willing to let go of.

When you unsubscribe from distraction, you start to hear yourself again. You make space for the things that matter. And you realize that peace of mind was never going to come from the next download—it was always waiting for you in the silence. Seneca said it well: “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.” And distraction—whether it’s endless scrolls or constant notifications—is one of the biggest wastes of all.

Less noise.

More presence.

Way better mental health.

So if you’re looking for a reset? Try unsubscribing. You just might find yourself again.