*sorry about the typos - bit too busy to edit*
I am going through a major declutter this year. It all started back in January when I read Marie Kondo's book The Magic of Tidying Up. Since then, I've never stopped. I keep refining and refining. Now I'm on a mission to move from decluttered to minimalism.
A digital declutter is what I'm doing when I'm away from home (As I can't declutter my home when I'm away!). First I did my phone and deleted all the apps I didn't use. Then, the remaining apps I put all in one folder ("Apps") and moved it off the first home screen. If I need to use an app I use the Search function.
Then, I turned off all the notifications for my apps and those annoying red update circles. The only notifications I get to my locked home screen are messages. I get notifications of FB posts once I've unlocked my phone.
I check my gmail ONCE per day now. I didn't bother emptying my inbox or anything as Gmail has such a good filter. I check FB way less often now and I'd love to get it down to once per day. I think I only check it more regualry than that when I'm bored, not because the app is controlling me.
Phone done.
Next, iPad. I did virtually the same as above, however my iPad 2 doesnt seem to have the search function so I had to keep the apps I wanted which were just the one's my daughter uses.
Finally, MacBook. I went into Finder and the Downloads and put everything in order of size. I deleted ones I didnt need. Then, with the larger files I wanted to keep (photos and ebooks) I opened Google Drive and moved them all over to there (drag and drop).
Then I organised the desktop into folders. That is all Iv'e onde on the laptop so far.
Next, Instagram. I started there as I knew it would be the quickest. First my Following list, I scrolled through and made sure I was folloing who I wanted to follow. The more people you follow, the more overwheling your feed becomes. I will just Search for hashtags and people as I wish but without following. I am still following about 250 people.
Then, my IG profile. I changed my bio to just some symbols. Then, I went through all my photos and deleted the ones I felt no longer fit the overall theme I was wishing to create or were photos that didn't make me feel good for whatever reason.
IG done.
Now I'm onto Facebook. This is by-far the most time consuming for me.
First, I cheked my privacy settings to ensure they were as I want them to be. I tightened them a little. Then I changed my Bio to just symbiols as per IG account.
Then I removed virtually all of my About details off my wall. I only have my Engaged To left.
Then, I went in and viewed my profile as the Public would see it. I was shocked at how many of my posted we set to Public. I didn't know where to start! I scrolled through my wall and started changing the settings to Friends Only but his is VERY time consuming. I vowed to check the privacy settings on all m y future posts as I post them to ensure this does not happen again.
Then I went into About and removed all those things such as Movie, Books, Pages Liked from my About section. On my wall I also hid my friends list.
Then, I started going through my photo Albums. I deleted entire albums I no longer wanted, then started curating the others. I t not as overwhelming if you do it by Album. You can also download albums if you want to save them to a hardrive then delete it off Facebook. This is on my list of things to do.
On FB Timeline I regularly Hide from Timeline or I Don't Want To See this, which are options int he little arrow of top right corner of all News Feed boxes. I regularly Hide stuff that makes me feel bad in any way, anxious or disgusted, you know what I mean.
Friends list is a diffult one for me. I have a lot of contacts from work, medicine, netball etc and sometimes I want to be able to conact them via FB if necessary. I do Unfriend and Block when necessary, even if they ar a family member.
Finally, my own Profile Wall. This is by far the most time consuming. Scrolling down through year of posts takes ages to load and makes me feel motion sick. It's aslo something that if you do in small bits you have to scroll all the way back down to where you started each time. I think you can "jump" to certain years. Some posts I delete and some posts I Hide From Timeline. I have to make sure I don't delete photos I dan't have saved elsewhere.
It is a work in progress.
Ok, I think that's my digital declutter summary.
I am going through a major declutter this year. It all started back in January when I read Marie Kondo's book The Magic of Tidying Up. Since then, I've never stopped. I keep refining and refining. Now I'm on a mission to move from decluttered to minimalism.
A digital declutter is what I'm doing when I'm away from home (As I can't declutter my home when I'm away!). First I did my phone and deleted all the apps I didn't use. Then, the remaining apps I put all in one folder ("Apps") and moved it off the first home screen. If I need to use an app I use the Search function.
Then, I turned off all the notifications for my apps and those annoying red update circles. The only notifications I get to my locked home screen are messages. I get notifications of FB posts once I've unlocked my phone.
I check my gmail ONCE per day now. I didn't bother emptying my inbox or anything as Gmail has such a good filter. I check FB way less often now and I'd love to get it down to once per day. I think I only check it more regualry than that when I'm bored, not because the app is controlling me.
Phone done.
Next, iPad. I did virtually the same as above, however my iPad 2 doesnt seem to have the search function so I had to keep the apps I wanted which were just the one's my daughter uses.
Finally, MacBook. I went into Finder and the Downloads and put everything in order of size. I deleted ones I didnt need. Then, with the larger files I wanted to keep (photos and ebooks) I opened Google Drive and moved them all over to there (drag and drop).
Then I organised the desktop into folders. That is all Iv'e onde on the laptop so far.
Next, Instagram. I started there as I knew it would be the quickest. First my Following list, I scrolled through and made sure I was folloing who I wanted to follow. The more people you follow, the more overwheling your feed becomes. I will just Search for hashtags and people as I wish but without following. I am still following about 250 people.
Then, my IG profile. I changed my bio to just some symbols. Then, I went through all my photos and deleted the ones I felt no longer fit the overall theme I was wishing to create or were photos that didn't make me feel good for whatever reason.
IG done.
Now I'm onto Facebook. This is by-far the most time consuming for me.
First, I cheked my privacy settings to ensure they were as I want them to be. I tightened them a little. Then I changed my Bio to just symbiols as per IG account.
Then I removed virtually all of my About details off my wall. I only have my Engaged To left.
Then, I went in and viewed my profile as the Public would see it. I was shocked at how many of my posted we set to Public. I didn't know where to start! I scrolled through my wall and started changing the settings to Friends Only but his is VERY time consuming. I vowed to check the privacy settings on all m y future posts as I post them to ensure this does not happen again.
Then I went into About and removed all those things such as Movie, Books, Pages Liked from my About section. On my wall I also hid my friends list.
Then, I started going through my photo Albums. I deleted entire albums I no longer wanted, then started curating the others. I t not as overwhelming if you do it by Album. You can also download albums if you want to save them to a hardrive then delete it off Facebook. This is on my list of things to do.
On FB Timeline I regularly Hide from Timeline or I Don't Want To See this, which are options int he little arrow of top right corner of all News Feed boxes. I regularly Hide stuff that makes me feel bad in any way, anxious or disgusted, you know what I mean.
Friends list is a diffult one for me. I have a lot of contacts from work, medicine, netball etc and sometimes I want to be able to conact them via FB if necessary. I do Unfriend and Block when necessary, even if they ar a family member.
Finally, my own Profile Wall. This is by far the most time consuming. Scrolling down through year of posts takes ages to load and makes me feel motion sick. It's aslo something that if you do in small bits you have to scroll all the way back down to where you started each time. I think you can "jump" to certain years. Some posts I delete and some posts I Hide From Timeline. I have to make sure I don't delete photos I dan't have saved elsewhere.
It is a work in progress.
Ok, I think that's my digital declutter summary.
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