my ongoing digital cleanup
i had previously cluttered my digital environment. i used to have multiple instagram accounts, a website i kept trying to optimize to fit my needs but never really could, countless photos and files, and so many unnecessary subscriptions and platforms taking up mental space.
over time, i decluttered all of it. i downsized my external drives, organized my files in a better way, and got rid of countless bookmarked pages i never returned to. i deleted the extra instagram accounts and eventually deactivated my main one too. i deleted facebook, unsubscribed from nearly everything, removed my website, and even stopped taking photos.
i still love writing, and i value being able to reach information and people from all around the world through the internet. i want to keep that part. but at the same time, i want to continue simplifying things. by the end of the year, i want everything to feel simple, neat, and essential.
so, what's left?
honestly, not much but when you start looking closely, things always appear and pile up again. digital clutter has a way of quietly rebuilding itself. i still need to go through these properly once again (and maybe this is something that needs to happen every year):
- subscriptions
- translation files
- external drives
- email archives
- miscellaneous files
- apps and programs (both on my phone and pc)
- bookmarks
- notes
- e-mails
each item probably will take time to sort through, so i set the deadline as the end of the year. if i finish earlier, even better.
i feel like i’m forgetting something but that’s just the nature of digital life, layers of things sitting in the background of our minds. i just know that by the end of this elimination, i will feel relieved.