"The Digital Declutter Challenge" (Patreon)

Joshua and Ryan discuss the preponderance of digital clutter we all face, as well as the multitude of methods for addressing it, and they answer the following questions:

What are the Love People Use Things challenges? (00:00)

What is ‘cloud storage’ in terms an elderly, beloved grandmother would understand? (45:27)

What should I do with dead batteries? (46:54)

How do I appropriately curate and store my digital photographs? (52:25)

How do we determine which apps to delete? (55:12)

Is it worth it to try to salvage an email address that starts receiving multiple spam messages a day, or should I just make a new one? (58:20)

What are the best photo storage sites? (1:02:53)

Is there an app that can delete copies/multiples of photos on my smartphone? (1:06:43)

How do we responsibly recycle obsolete devices and computers? (1:10:23)

How do we create a digital heritage? (1:16:38)

How do we unsubscribe from a whole bunch of email subscriptions at one time? (1:20:18)

What should we do with old DVDs and CDs, especially those that contain films and music that we’d like to keep in some form? (1:30:12)

LINKS

App: PaperKarma

Article: Best Photo Storage and Sharing Sites

Article: Five Apps to Declutter Your Home

Article: Nine Repurposes for Obsolete and Broken Computers

Article: On Pace and Productivity

Article: Six Unroll.me Alternatives

Article: What Should I Do with Dead Batteries?

Book: A World Without Email

Book: Everything That Remains

Book: Love People, Use Things

Book: Minimalist Rulebook

Essay: Day 15

Essay: Delete 1,000 Photos in 11 Days

Essay: Let’s Talk About Being Busy

Essay: Photo-Scanning Party

Essay: Play the 30-Day Minimalism Game

Essay: Screenless Saturdays

Essay: Scrolling Is the New Smoking

Explore: Love People Use Things Challenges

Explore: Skypod

Instagram: Joshua Fields Millburn

Instagram: Jordan Moore

Instagram: Podcast Shawn

Instagram: Danny Unknwn

Meetup: Minimalist.org

Podcast: Cal Newport

Resources: The Minimalists

Subscribe: The Minimalists

Text: 937-202-4654

Tour: The Minimalists

Watch: Minimalist Home Tour | Joshua Fields Millburn

Watch: Less Is Now

MAXIMS

“Every upgrade is, in some way, a downgrade.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

“Doing less is not about the doing—it’s about the less.” —Joshua Fields Millburn

This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 301.