Eric Athas

Author of SAYING NO TO NEW. Coming September 15. Preorder today. Editor at The New York Times.

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I’m excited to introduce you to my debut book, SAYING NO TO NEW: Why New Things Are Stealing Your Time, Money, and Happiness—And How to Take Back Your Life.

It hits bookstores September 15 but you can preorder TODAY: https://t.co/WUQMRXhb3J

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Today, new things are everywhere.

Here's how to take control over them.

#sayingnotonew #personalfinance #overconsumption #lessismore #psychology

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New things ≠ happiness https://t.co/tBWVWDtwYR

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Every week to the launch of SAYING NO TO NEW, I’ll share one interesting piece of source material from the book’s over 200 endnotes.

Today’s: A mind-bending study behind why sometimes time seems to slow down, particularly when you experience something new https://t.co/YHTOxYKekf

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We want the best new things right now. But what will they cost us in the future? #sayingnotonew

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In writing SAYING NO TO NEW, I was lucky enough to interview dozens of incredible people.

The list includes Graham Dugoni, the founder of Yondr, the company that makes those magnetic pouches used to lock away devices.

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I’m writing a book! The book will investigate our relationship with newness, how to push back against powerful forces working against us, and how to reshape our relationship with the new and novel to save our time, money, and attention. From Hachette Go.

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5. Make the technology work for you. One thing experts agreed on: To forge a healthy relationship with technology, you need to be in control of it and not the other way around. Think about your gadgets as tools that you decide how to use.

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Like so many others, I try my best to manage the time I spend on my devices. But it's hard to do when life and work are intertwined with tech. I wrote about how to have a healthier relationship with your phone, with some great tips from experts. THREAD. https://t.co/FlVctitUG5

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4. Don’t rely on your willpower alone to keep your screen time down, said James A. Roberts, of @Baylor. Instead, tweak your surroundings. "Anything you can do to create an environment that makes it as easy as possible to distance yourself from the phone will be helpful."

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My screen time dropped 18 percent while writing this article https://t.co/FlVctitUG5

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More than 20 percent of the newsroom. Just devastating. https://t.co/O42Kwn3H5z

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I switched on this feature and can confirm that it has added joy to my day https://t.co/FAWf9yHQIL

[New York Times Travel @nytimestravel]

We published 52 Places to Go in 2023 today. Here's a thread of the locales that made this year’s list, for your scrolling enjoyment. (If you're at work, maybe keep another tab open in case your boss walks by.) https://t.co/8QNma1zs3N

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Scoop from @BenMullin + @grynbaum: NYT's Rebecca Blumenstein taking over as president of editorial at NBC News https://t.co/LyBSkKfWLj

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

Tracy Bennett, the first editor for the widely popular online game Wordle, opens up about the lasting passion players have for the game and how far out she picks the daily words.

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Most creative trick or treating house goes to this lady who clipped a bunch of candy to a ghost and hung it out her window #Halloween2022