3707: 5 Minutes to Less: Digital Clutter by Rose Lounsbury on Greater Clarity, Communication and Less Overwhelm

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3707: Rose Lounsbury shares a practical, guilt-free approach to tackling digital clutter by breaking it down into quick, manageable five-minute tasks. By focusing on decluttering texts, Facebook messages, photos, and desktop files, she reveals how small digital habits can lead to greater clarity, better communication, and less overwhelm in everyday life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://roselounsbury.com/5-minutes-to-less-digital-clutter/ Quotes to ponder: "I now only keep messages that are current, pending my response, or pending the response of others." "Don’t let the overwhelm of digital clutter keep you stuck in inaction!" "You can find a gadzillion of these by my high-tech method of googling something like 'best apps to make photo books from phone'." Episode references: The Minimalists: https://www.theminimalists.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:04.8	So we started the business two years ago.
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0:39.2	So, should I give my kid a phone?
0:42.7	Growing up with phones isn't always easy.
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0:57.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily.
1:00.4	Five minutes to less.
1:02.1	Digital clutter.
1:03.3	By Rose Lounsbury of roselounsbury.com.
1:06.1	And I'm Justin Mollick.
1:07.7	Happy Monday.
1:08.7	Welcome to one of the only podcasts in the world where blogs are narrated
1:12.4	to you for free. That's with permission from the authors. Now let's get right to our Minimalist
1:17.2	Monday post and start optimizing your life. Five minutes to less. Digital Clutter by Rose Lounsbury ofroseLounsbury.com.
1:30.8	I'm ashamed to admit this, but as of last Monday, I had Facebook messages dating back to early 2009.
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