Dino’s Journal 📖

These are a list of rules that I'm going to be following during the 30-day digital declutter phase. I'm already trying to follow some of the rules on here, but I think I will officially start it on the 20th for a good round number.

Messaging Apps:

• Text Messages/iMessage: Allowed
• Facebook Messenger: Not allowed
• Groupme: Not allowed

Emails:

• Mobile Phone Apps:
  
  • Outlook: Allowed (needed for work) but can only be used during daytime, except on support calls.
  • Yahoomail: Allowed (needed for two factor authentication) but can only be used during daytime.
  • Protonmail: Not allowed
• On PC: Allowed at work
• On Tablet: Not allowed

Web Browsing:

• Mobile Phone Apps:
  
  • DuckDuckGo: Not allowed
  • Safari: Not allowed, except for when I really NEED to lookup something.
• On PC: Allowed at work
• On Tablet: Not allowed, except for when I really NEED to lookup something.

Writing to Online Blogs/Journals:

• Software Dev Blog: Not allowed, except for once a month.
• Online Journal: Not allowed (try to write entries on the Bullet Journal instead)
• Gaming Journal: Not allowed (try to write entries on the Bullet Journal instead)

Reading Blogs/Journals:

• Mobile Phone: Not allowed
• On PC: Allowed at work but only limited to educational/career topics like those on software development and productivity.
  
  • Jalopnik: Not allowed
  • Speedhunters: Not allowed
  • Read.write.as: Not allowed
  • ESPN: Not allowed
  • News sites: Not allowed
• On Tablet: Not allowed

Reading/Educational Apps:

• iBooks: Allowed
• Kindle: Allowed
• Audible: Allowed

Social Media Apps:

• Instagram: Not allowed
• Facebook: Not allowed
• Twitter: Not allowed

Video Games:

• Mobile Phone Games: Not allowed except for Davin's games (I don't play those anyway).
• Xbox One: Allowed with restrictions.
  
  • Allowed for the 30-40 minutes in the morning where I have to watch Davin while he sleeps.
  • Allowed at night for a max of 1 hour of play time.
• PC Games: Not allowed

Video Streaming Apps:

• Netflix: Same operating restrictions as the Xbox One.
• Crunchyroll: Not allowed
• Youtube: Not allowed
• Pluralsight: Allowed (in fact, this should probably be used as replacement for watching Netflix or playing video games.)

Music Apps:

• Spotify: Allowed
• Pandora: Allowed

Navigation Apps:

• Apple Maps: Allowed
• Waze: Allowed
• Google Maps: Allowed

Misc Apps:

• Weather Channel App: Allowed
• Apple Notes: Allowed, except when I have a pocket notebook on me.
• OneNote: Allowed, except when I have a pocket notebook on me.

General Rules:

• Apps that are categorized or used as tools will be allowed, like the Calculator, Calendar and other such apps.
• Apps that have infinite pools, in other words infinite news feeds, will not be allowed.

#DigitalMinimalism #DigitalDeclutter