accidental declutter
on wins and grief from tech failures
To my dear Musers
I’m getting this out in the wee hours before I head off for my August Retreat. The mandarin almond cake is cooling, and the car is pack with tables, books, food and goodies for the retreaters.
This last week I learned an important lesson in backing things up, and in doing so had an accidental decluttering win.
My phone died and with it so did all of my WhatsApp messages, my near-200 open tabs in my browser and logins to my apps. After the stages of denial, anger, bargaining and depression, (thank you, Stages of Grief), I accepted it.
I didn’t just accept it though, I embraced it, mostly.
It became a great moment to reassess which apps I really needed, which was a whole bunch less than I thought. I’m sure I’m not the only one who haphazardly add apps to their phone.
The same with those open tabs that I’d used as a way to avoid finishing things. My past habit was to open the site and keep it open so I could come back to it when I had time (…
