"Polar opposite - Does anyone enjoy digital amnesia? I feel like I might be a little weird here, but every so often I'll just go in and delete all my notes, rem

"Polar opposite - Does anyone enjoy digital amnesia? I feel like I might be a little weird here, but every so often I'll just go in and delete all my notes, reminders, apps, photos, etc and start again." I think there is a happy medium and you can achieve it by keeping your inbox inside your trashcan. This is not my idea and I have heard of it, in various forms, from different corners. The idea is that all of your "important" papers get placed, as you receive them, into your larger (deeper) than normal trash can. I use a deep tray for this. It is basically a trash can that takes 6 or 8 months to fill. When you fill the trashcan, you remove the bottom 1/4 of it and actually throw it away - since it turns out it wasn't important or necessary or actionable. You can (and I have) created digital metaphors for this: For instance, I dump my profiles directory, with all of my browsing history and bookmarks and so on, every month or so and then reset my browser. Then I delete those tarballs later when it's clear they were not important. The key is this: You can retain maximal optionality while still minimizing processing and sorting time. Just chuck it all into the "trash" bin and if it's really important you always now where to look.