It has finally dawned on me I’m one person with one brain, and there is only so much information I can realistically consume before I die of information-exhaustion. Hey, stress kills! With that, it is time for another digital declutter.
The realization hit me during my recent unplugged vacation. I was sitting beach side, no device in sight, sippin’ on Malibu Bay Breeze (thank me later), and reading Marie Kondo’s new book Joy at Work, when it dawned on me how entirely overwhelmed and crushed I feel by all the digital clutter in my life. The emails. The to-watch lists. The to-read lists. The subscriptions. The e-courses: You name it! Oh, no. Maybe, I’m just someone that’s easily overwhelmed and stressed in general: Sue me. Or maybe, it was the utter freedom and stillness I felt disconnected from the digital noise that made me realized it might just be the sheer volume of digital clutter and noise we are exposed to daily that can be overwhelming and stressful to most, and I committed right then and there to embark on a radical digital declutter journey upon my return home.
And here I am, a little over a week after my unplugged vacation, planning a major digital declutter that will free up so much mental space and time in my life that I might, just might, finally rule. the. world. Okay, finally get actual, important work done? Either way, I’m dedicating December to radically downsizing my digital clutter and digital commitments to reclaim my time and attention. A new month, especially the end of the year, is a great time to commit to change.
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