{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60b6974957e99c00199ca355/611e3f9cc4ebc40012448fa6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Digital Declutter Challenge","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60b6974957e99c00199ca355/1629372215949-6562cf5c6e72eaa5a1899d2b4ca0b1da.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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:</p><p>What are the Love People Use Things challenges? (00:00)</p><p>What is ‘cloud storage’ in terms an elderly, beloved grandmother would understand? (45:27)</p><p>What should I do with dead batteries? (46:54)</p><p>How do I appropriately curate and store my digital photographs? (52:25)</p><p>How do we determine which apps to delete? (55:12)</p><p>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)</p><p>What are the best photo storage sites? (1:02:53)</p><p>Is there an app that can delete copies/multiples of photos on my smartphone? (1:06:43)</p><p>How do we responsibly recycle obsolete devices and computers? (1:10:23)</p><p>How do we create a digital heritage? (1:16:38)</p><p>How do we unsubscribe from a whole bunch of email subscriptions at one time? (1:20:18)</p><p>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)</p><p><strong>LINKS</strong></p><p>App: <a href=\"https://www.paperkarma.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PaperKarma</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-photography-sites\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Best Photo Storage and Sharing Sites</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90653572/best-decluttering-apps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Five Apps to Declutter Your Home</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://www.joincake.com/blog/what-to-do-with-old-computers/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nine Repurposes for Obsolete and Broken Computers</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2021/07/21/on-pace-and-productivity/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On Pace and Productivity</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://beebom.com/best-unroll-me-alternatives/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Six Unroll.me Alternatives</a></p><p>Article: <a href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/haz/haz21.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What Should I Do with Dead Batteries?</a></p><p>Book: <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3yVbb2h\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A World Without Email</em></a></p><p>Book: <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3z1Wf2v\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Everything That Remains</em></a></p><p>Book: <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2TbwkFC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Love People, Use Things</em></a></p><p>Book: <a href=\"https://theminimalists.com/rulebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Minimalist Rulebook</em></a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/21days/day15/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Day 15</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/delete/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Delete 1,000 Photos in 11 Days</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/beingbusy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Let’s Talk About Being Busy</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/scanning/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photo-Scanning Party</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/game/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Play the 30-Day Minimalism Game</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/screenless/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Screenless Saturdays</a></p><p>Essay: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/scrolling/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scrolling Is the New Smoking</a></p><p>Explore: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/507156946114829/permalink/2014288452068330/?sale_post_id=2014288452068330\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Love People Use Things Challenges</a></p><p>Explore: <a href=\"https://www.skypod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Skypod</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/joshuafieldsmillburn/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Fields Millburn</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jordanknowmoore\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Moore</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"http://instagram.com/podcastshawn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast Shawn</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dannyunknwn/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Unknwn</a></p><p>Meetup: <a href=\"https://www.minimalist.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Minimalist.org</a></p><p>Podcast: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/#173\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Newport</a></p><p>Resources: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/resources/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Minimalists</a></p><p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http://theminimalists.email/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Minimalists</a></p><p>Text: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/text/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">937-202-4654</a></p><p>Tour: <a href=\"https://www.theminimalists.com/tour/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Minimalists</a></p><p>Watch: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/_KS6WHpP5iI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Minimalist Home Tour | Joshua Fields Millburn</a></p><p>Watch: <a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81074662\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Less Is Now</em></a></p><p><strong>MAXIMS</strong></p><p>“Every upgrade is, in some way, a downgrade.” —Joshua Fields Millburn</p><p>“Doing less is not about the doing—it’s about the less.” —Joshua Fields Millburn</p><p>“It is not enough to be busy; the question is: what are we busy about?” —Ryan Nicodemus</p><p><em>This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 301.</em></p>","author_name":"The Minimalists Private Podcast"}