We can fall foul of the comparison game by wondering why our own life isn’t as Instagram-perfect as the families and faces who appear on our daily feeds… We fry our brains in front of the glaring screen and forget how to entertain ourselves as we become increasingly reliant on devices to do the entertaining for us. Our precious home and personal space can be invaded at any time by pings, buzzes, texts, emails and phone calls that demand our attention right now. The downside is that we can get easily distracted. We can both inform and be informed at the click of a button. Good because we can keep up with family, friends and the world in general. Having instant 24/7 access to the world through our phones and computers is both good and bad. This post is really about getting rid of your digital clutter but I wanted to take the opportunity to briefly mention digital distraction. If you’re struggling to manage and maintain your cluttered inbox and a phone full of photos, here are 20 ways to get rid of digital clutter. It’s also frustrating when you can’t find what you’re looking for and wastes your precious time and energy. Your own world of home, family, friends, self-care, your time and your inner peace and calm is much more important. It’s also a world that can threaten to invade our own personal space if we don’t learn to keep it (and those buzzes and pings) at bay. The digital world is full of information and opportunity. How long do you spend on social media? Is it adding value to your life or are your feeds clogged up with random stuff that doesn’t interest you?.How many times has your phone pinged, beeped or buzzed at you when you’re trying to play with the kids, cook dinner, read a book, chat with your partner, take a nap?.What does your desktop look like? Clear, calm, encouraging productivity and efficiency or chaotic, busy and confusing?.How many times have you lost an email, forgotten to action one or just not seen it in the first place?.How many times have you looked for a document, photo or file on your computer or phone but couldn’t find it (at least without a fair bit of searching)?. However, digital clutter (like any other form of clutter) distracts, confuses and complicates our physical, emotional and psychological space slowly but surely… creeping its way in without us really noticing!ĭo you recognise any of the following?! … It doesn’t get in the way like piles of actual paperwork does so we ignore it or pretend it’s not there. We don’t have to move it to tidy or clean. Yet, we can’t see this digital clutter or feel it in the same way. Junk mail, letters from the school, bills to pay, appointment reminders, lists, notes, child’s drawings – to name a few things that I sort through in my own home on a regular basis!Ĭlutter builds up in our computers, phones and electronic devices as fast, probably faster, than the paperwork on our tables. We’ve either got to do something about it by actioning, filing, shredding or throwing it or leave it to build up day by day. I think that digital clutter is so deceptive! Paper clutter builds up and we can see the physical piles on our worktops, desks and tables. DIGITAL CLUTTER AND WHY WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT
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