Cal Newport: I was asked once to work with an individual who was completely addicted to social media. He has a problem of all this digital clutter almost being like adding up to a part-time job, he says. What would you do? Where would you start? And what would the process look like? If I had seven days, I would attack the phone as the primary vector for the distraction virus in this case,. Take it off the phone, we'll solve 90% of those problems, have it on your computer, have a plan for it.