I've come back from holidays with the realisation that there is a lot going on in my life in Sydney that I don't need. Too many clothes, too many TV shows, that sort of thing. I did not hear any news from Australia while away, and I seem to have missed nothing, for example. Therefore, I am going to black out the news from now on.
Today I culled my Facebook friends. I got rid of a hundred people who were either inactive, had nothing to do with me, or I don't really like them, etc. I know I could just hide them and keep them all without being annoyed or reminded, but why do I need a fake high number of friends I completely ignore? Just get rid of them and have a true number of people I want to be friends with or remember in any kind of active online way.
I also had a big inbox when I got back, but basically none of it was actually work. That was an hour of deleting. So I unsubscribed from all the stuff I like but don't really need to get news about several times a week.
This is like decluttering but of time and mental space, not mess and physical space!
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Oh unsubscribing from things is so good! Sometimes all the newsletters and junk gets so overwhelming. I also find it is good to unsubscribe in terms of spending money - the more 'special offers' I see, the more I'm tempted to spend. But if I never see them, I won't even know about that thing that I didn't know I needed that's now 50% off, and I'll be no worse off!
ReplyDeleteThat's great Jess, I'm all for simplifying and decluttering. I could do some more online decluttering myself. Glad to see I'm still your friend!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've deleted anyone who'll read this blog, check, and then be sad about it. I can be refriended, but I doubt the people I deleted would care, which is why I deleted them :)
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