It doesn't seem possible, but after a full week of aggressively unsubscribing and unfollowing, there's still so much more I can do. Today I unsubscribed from another dozen e-newsletters. And I'm unfollowing on FB and IG - at least 10 per day.
It's AWESOME.
Twitter is another matter, would love to unfollow 1/2 or more of the 4,000 I follow, but it seems like a lot of work to find the ones I'd let go. Ideas or hacks welcome. I know, I could just shut Twitter off. Might do...I keep Twitter primarily to support others, I get no real joy or value from it.
Related but different - I'm also discarding and/or donating items. Silly stuff, like a garbage bag full of shipping peanuts. Why was I keeping these wormy magnetic things? And I have stupid stuff - like cases for phones and keyboards I no longer own.
I'll tackle the books another time and tell you about it. That could be super painful but needs to happen. It's like staring at hundreds of balls of yarn that you know you'll never turn into scarves. I have some yarn, too.
I'm not becoming a minimalist. I'm a less-crap-in-my-way-ist. How will I concoct new misadventures if I'm checking my email every twelve seconds? I'd be a piss-poor attempt if I did.
Thanks for this post. So helpful and inspiring. I'm making a dent but have a long way to go.
About Twitter, sign up for https://who.unfollowed.me/lite/dashboard and see who unfollowed you and unfollow the ones who no longer interest you.
Posted by: Nita Sweeney | 07/14/2020 at 11:45 PM
Thanks Nita. I have been surprised by the number of things that I can undo every day. I'm sure I'll start to run out at some point, but not yet!
Posted by: Lisa L Haneberg | 07/15/2020 at 07:39 AM