Has anyone else digitized their life?

[Laststop]

Part of my move towards setting up a possible CTB is getting rid of everything I can. The further along I go, the closer to it I get, I want to made my physical world disappear as much as I can. I have a nice dedicated flat bed scanner. I've already scanned and filed documents I've held onto for years. Decades even. Once I have it all done I want to shred the originals. This isn't a big deal for documents. Not most of them. But I want to digitize everything. So things like photos are a bit tough. I've had some of them most of my life. And some are from when my grandmother (who gave them me) was a little girl. But, I guess it makes sharing them (if I do) easier before I CTB. And, I'm doing it to have them if I don't CTB, but still get out from under the weight of the physical things in my life.

 

[a_strange_day]

I've been doing this for a long time, not much left.
documents are systematically destroyed, I scan the ones I want to keep and encrypt everything
I gave my books to a library and threw/gave away everything I didn't really need, my flat is so empty now
always been a minimalist since my twenties, and not because it's trendy but because I like it, be free of "things"

 

[Laststop]

I've been doing this for a long time, not much left.
documents are systematically destroyed, I scan the ones I want to keep and encrypt everything
I gave my books to a library and threw/gave away everything I didn't really need, my flat is so empty now
always been a minimalist since my twenties, and not because it's trendy but because I like it, be free of "things"

Minimalism is something I've seen, and thought about, for years. I didn't jump on it for a couple reasons. One, like you said...trends. I don't Just go with trends to be trendy. The other is that I've actually been a collector for many years. I've gone through phases where I get rid of things, then collect again. This last life even is so huge I think the time has come to end collecting in favor of less. Even if I don't CTB.

 

[will77]

Yeah I do the same. Just ordered a shredder.

 

[Laststop]

Yeah I do the same. Just ordered a shredder.

Those are great! So satisfying to erase paperwork into tiny confetti!

 

[will77]

Those are great! So satisfying to erase paperwork into tiny confetti!

Haha yes, I ordered a manual one so I will literally be grinding my life away :P

 

[k75]

When I've had the energy, I've been working on this kind of thing. Mainly for me the issue is cleaning up all my digital stuff from my computer and some external hard drives.

I don't want to actually delete things, just in case. So I'm going to upload them to a secret backup service so I can retrieve them if something goes weird and I'm still around later. I definitely want the stuff off all my devices, though, because I don't want anyone going through them. Lots of organizing and sorting going on...

 

[TheGoodGuy]

I hate this digitalized world I miss the good old days when the world felt more physical nowadays everything is digital and I can´t stand it