WEEK 18 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you retrain your digital habits so you can get your focus, time, and mental energy back. The Problem We Don’t Notice Let’s be honest: distraction has become the default setting.You pick up your phone “for a minute,” and twenty minutes later, you’ve…
WEEK 17 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you sort and tag your favorite photos so you can actually enjoy them instead of drowning in camera roll chaos. When Photos Pile Up Your phone says “Storage Almost Full.” You scroll past thousands of random screenshots, blurry selfies, and ten nearly…
WEEK 16 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you create simple digital routines so you can start and end your days with less chaos and more calm. When Your Day Starts in Chaos We’ve all been there: rolling out of bed, grabbing the phone, and realizing it’s dead. Or hitting…
WEEK 15 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you declutter your social media follows so your feeds feel calmer and less distracting. When Scrolling Stops Being Fun Social media was supposed to help us connect, but somewhere along the way, it turned into another clutter pile. Too many groups, endless…
WEEK 14 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you organize your to-do lists so you can focus on what actually matters instead of chasing scattered notes. The To-Do List Trap If you’re anything like me, your to-do list isn’t just one neat list. It’s everywhere. Sticky notes on the counter,…
WEEK 13 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you declutter your notes app so you can actually find what you wrote down. The Hidden Pile in Your Pocket If you’re anything like me, your notes app started as a brilliant idea — a place to keep grocery lists, random thoughts,…
WEEK 12 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you shut down background apps so you can reclaim focus, energy, and a faster computer. The Silent Drains on Your Energy Ever feel like your computer runs slow for no reason—or that your focus slips away the second you sit down to…
WEEK 11 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you take control of subscriptions so you can reduce stress, save money, and feel lighter in midlife. Because fewer hidden charges = more clarity, more freedom We sign up for subscriptions with the best of intentions: “I’ll watch that new show everyone’s…
WEEK 10 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s ClearMind Challenge helps you simplify your schedule so you can stop running on fumes and enjoy more white space. When Your Calendar Becomes a Stress Trap Ever opened your calendar and felt like it was scolding you? Between auto-added events, long-forgotten reminders, and meetings you…
WEEK 9 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about reducing password stress by creating a system that feels safe, simple, and easy to keep up with. Let’s Be Honest… Passwords Are a Nightmare If you’ve ever forgotten a login, reset your password five times, or had to dig through a…
WEEK 8 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about simplifying your digital life by choosing one trusted cloud space to store your most important files—your new digital home base. Let’s Be Honest… Digital Storage Is a Mess If you’ve ever saved a file and then had no idea where it…
WEEK 7 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about protecting your time and privacy — by checking which apps are quietly accessing more than they need. 👉 New here? This post is part of the 52-week ClearMind Challenge — a free, real-life reset for your digital life. Each task is…
WEEK 6 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about clearing out the hidden clutter in your Downloads folder — that digital junk drawer most of us forget. The Downloads Folder: A Hidden Digital Junk Drawer You ever go looking for that one file you just know you downloaded… and it’s…
WEEK 5 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about simplifying the space you use most — your browser. What if your browser bookmarks actually helped you focus? Not in a “digital dream life” kind of way. Just… a little less click-hunting. A little more brain space.Because right now, your bookmark…
WEEK 4 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week, we’re not organizing your inbox. We’re stopping the next flood of email before it hits. The emails just keep coming. You never meant to sign up for this much. A coupon here, a newsletter there, and suddenly your inbox is packed with things you never…
WEEK 3 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES This week’s challenge is all about clearing out digital clutter you can actually see — starting with your files, folders, and tabs. Ever feel like your computer’s just… tired of you? You’re not alone. Between downloads you don’t remember saving, screenshots you thought you’d use, and “just…
WEEK 2 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES Ever feel overwhelmed just opening your photo app? You’re not alone. What started as a quick picture of a recipe or your grandkid’s smile turns into 3,742 photos you never meant to keep. And while part of you wants to clear the clutter, the other part whispers,…
WEEK 1 OF THE 52-WEEK DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES If your inbox stresses you out before you’ve even had your first sip of coffee… you’re not alone. Most of us didn’t grow up with smartphones, cloud storage, or five email addresses — but somehow, we’re now responsible for keeping all of it under control. For midlife…