Digital

When we think of decluttering, we usually automatically think about our closets that are full of clothes or that junk drawer that has 400 near-dry pens. But something that I have found a great joy in is letting go of digital baggage.

If you're like me you have your work email and personal email...both might be riddled with junk that you automatically delete without a second thought. I usually check my personal email multiple times a day, because I am pretty addicted to my phone (something else that I am working on!) Most mornings, I had a good 30 emails that were mostly promotions from stores like BabyGap or online boutiques that I had subscribed to. All were screaming at me about whatever sale they had going on that day. And it clicked...no wonder I bought so much stuff. I would usually do a mass delete of ones that didn't automatically intrigue me, but I realized that there were plenty of emails that more often than not, didn't intrigue me. Why in the world was I spending my time everyday deleting emails that didn't bring me joy? My inbox was blowing up with things that just didn't excite me. Your time is the most valuable thing you have, why are you spending it reading/deleting emails and wasting your precious time on it?

U N S U B S C R I B E.

I unsubscribed from the majority of my emails. And I already feel better knowing a lot of them won't be back to bother me tomorrow.

Next was social media. I have only deleted one friend from Facebook, ever. And that was a person that was pretty rude to me about how we chose to announce my second pregnancy. I had no trouble removing that person since they didn't have my feelings at all in their mind. And I encourage you to also remove people that have hurt you in any way. Adulting is hard enough, we don't need to be hurt by those that we are just social-media-friends with. It's not immature, I don't think. If you guys don't get along, or if they aren't nice to you in real life, why keep that up on social media? Let that go too!

I have never deleted another friend, because in my view, all of them are people that I like enough to see what is going on in their lives. I like to see them get promotions or buy a new house. I like to cheer them on with a "like" and show support for their businesses. That being said, I have "unfollowed" people that no longer bring me joy. If they are sharing things that are just blatantly false (biggest pet peeve on FB) or if they continuously post racist, sexist, or discriminatory things in any way, I have unfollowed from their general feed. But opted to still get an update for major life events. I still care about that person enough to know if they have a baby, but I choose to not read things that make me upset.

I also unliked many pages that would post in my feed that just weren't relevant anymore. Local shops that I had yet to visit, news sites that friends share from anyway (nobody wants to see the same thing 4 times) and other random profiles. I removed myself from the groups that I had been added to (a lot were without me even noticing) and only kept the ones that interested me still.

I hope that doesn't come across as mean. Because that's not my intention. I love my FB friends (and if you're reading this, you are most likely my friend on FB) but if I don't plan on purchasing something from your online swap page for makeup/scentsy/etc, then I removed myself, just for my own mental freedom. And I honestly hope that if you don't like my blog posts, you won't spend your time reading them. If they don't bring you joy, I hope you unsubscribe. If my weekly pictures of my growing babies (which is almost over!) makes you wanna claw your eyes out, please unfollow me. I won't know any better and even if I did, I wouldn't be offended. Some people don't like kids, and I get that. But my kids are pretty much my entire life, so I can see how that doesn't mesh well with your interests!

So today, if you find yourself scrolling and scrolling, try letting some of it go. You might notice that you are like me and you love the freeing feeling of unsubscribing from what you don't love. Wouldn't it be amazing to only see things that really interest us? Wouldn't that make your day better? Wouldn't it mean less time on your phone and maybe more time in the sunshine?

Give it a shot, if you want!
Thanks for reading!