How To Balance Technology And Minimalism For A More Meaningful Life

[@thebeautifulmessshow]

Are you a minimalist? Why or why not?

[@MartinCliffe]

Yes, to an extent. There are aspects of my life that would not look "minimalist" to outsiders, and certainly things I've not been able to downsize as much as I'd like at this time (10 years of Lego Star Wars collecting is hard to move on from!). But certainly in terms of being intentional about what comes in, and eliminating the unnecessary where possible.

[@thebeautifulmessshow]

@@MartinCliffe Love it! Like you're saying it's about the intentionality and purpose behind what you eliminate and keep. A 10-year collection of Star Wars Legos would be very hard to part from. That's so cool! Do you have it on display?

[@MartinCliffe]

@@thebeautifulmessshow The special pieces are on display (Ewok village, Mos Eisley, Death Star, Cloud City etc), but we have much less display area in our current apartment so too much is just in cupboards and drawers. It's that stuff that I need to sort through and downsize... some day!

[@thebeautifulmessshow]

@@MartinCliffe Wow! Sounds like an epic collection! Legos and Star Wars are two of my favorite things ❤ Thanks for sharing friend!

[@TedStrang]

Exactly, remove the junk that is causing friction in your life.

[@TedStrang]

To make room for the things that improve your quality of life.

[@TedStrang]

I have iPhone mini, but I also have an iPad mini and 12.9 iPad Pro m2. But I love them all. iPad Pro is my only ”computer”. iPad mini is for reading and watching KZbin. But then its soooo nice out and about with just a iPhone 13 mini, with 3 cards in the Apple MagSafe wallet. Don’t need anything else for me.

[@TedStrang]

And on all of my devices I only have 1 Home Screen of apps, don’t need everything on there. I have more but I just search for those that I don’t use on a daily basis.

[@TedStrang]

I end up forgetting I have a lot of apps because I don’t use them often and they are hidden. So after awhile I delete them if I haven’t used in months. And all my devices I have recently got new ones, and I set up as new devices and only installed the needed apps, and added as I needed something else.

[@thebeautifulmessshow]

Thanks for sharing my friend! Love the simplicity you have going on with your Apple products.