Aziz Ansari is working on a new kind of life that doesn’t include the constant bombardment of Twitter, Instagram and e-mail.
“Whenever you check for a new post on Instagram or whenever you go to on The New York Times to see if there’s a new thing, it’s not even about the content,” he explained to GQ Style of his simpler lifestyle.
“It’s just about seeing a new thing. You get addicted to that feeling,” the “Master of None” creator, 34, added. “You’re not going to be able to control yourself. So the only way to fight that is to take yourself out of the equation and remove all these things. What happens is, eventually you forget about it. You don’t care anymore.”
Despite the major change, it’s worked well for Ansari who’s been living abroad recently with pitstops in Paris, Italy and Japan. “I’ve been doing it for a couple months and it’s worked. I’m reading, like, three books right now. I’m putting something in my mind. It feels so much better than just reading the Internet and not remembering anything.” 
Despite having his professional career by the “balls,” Ansari recognizes his personal life is failing and is in need of true help.
“I haven’t invested in my personal life the way that I have in my professional life,” he started. “I’m way more dedicated to my professional life. And I realized that recently, you know?”
He is also mulling over the possibility of kids.
“I think I want to meet someone I want to have that discussion with,” he said. “I’m trying to get mature and evolve as a person. Even cutting out the Internet and social-media stuff, and reading more, is a good step in the right direction.”