# concepts

Concepts

Concepts name the methods and mindsets that recur across the practice database. Each one becomes concrete through the practices connected to it.

## [Paper First Life](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/paper-first-life.md)

Paper remains primary for thought and reflection; technology enters second and deliberately.

2 related practices.

## [Journal Companions](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/journal-companions.md)

Small digital tools support a paper-centered system without becoming its center.

1 related practice.

## [local-first](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/local-first.md)

Sensitive or durable information stays under personal control before remote convenience is added.

6 related practices.

## [wrist-first](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/wrist-first.md)

A constrained wearable handles essentials so a general-purpose phone can remain absent.

1 related practice.

## [intentional friction](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/intentional-friction.md)

A small obstacle creates time to reconsider an automatic digital action.

6 related practices.

## [zero queues](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/zero-queues.md)

A queue has a meaningful done state and can return to empty.

3 related practices.

## [digital hygiene](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/digital-hygiene.md)

Recurring maintenance keeps the digital footprint legible, private, and recoverable.

7 related practices.

## [ownership and open exits](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/ownership-and-open-exits.md)

A tool remains acceptable while data, access, and future choices can be retained or moved.

11 related practices.

## [in-person-first](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/in-person-first.md)

Meaningful human connection moves into shared physical presence whenever circumstances allow.

2 related practices.

## [purpose-separated contexts](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/purpose-separated-contexts.md)

Devices and software contexts have clear roles so unrelated parts of life do not collapse into one surface.

3 related practices.

## [minimal retention](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/minimal-retention.md)

Data and digital residue are kept only while they continue to serve a deliberate purpose.

5 related practices.

## [phone dumbification](https://live.freewith.tech/concepts/phone-dumbification.md)

Deliberately reduce a smartphone to chosen roles so it behaves like a focused utility.

8 related practices.

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