Get rid of Facebook (go on, you can do it!) Next, remove apps you have 'Never Used.' You can check these in your iPhone Storage.ģ. First, if it's already offloaded, get rid of it.Ģ. You're afraid to get rid of it because someday you might want to start meditating/studying Italian/.ġ. Let's start with probably the most challenging task: deleting apps. So, if you feel sufficiently guilty about your app-riddled phone or your dynamic wallpaper (you know who you are), join me on the minimalist iPhone path. Forest even donates to a tree-planting organization when users spend coins in the app. The more you focus, the bigger your forest will get. As soon as you leave the app, the tree dies. When you’re not using your phone, a tree will grow. There’s a great app available called Forest that stops you from using your phone while you’re meant to be focusing on work, family, and other important things. Newport remarks that we've become so reliant on our phones that we forget basic things like birthdays, only 'remembering' when served a calendar notification or Facebook reminder. I am indeed a culprit of relying heavily on my iPhone for my daily routine, from mundane habit-tracking to discovering the best liquor on Distiller. But it's not just apps that cause us unnecessary problems: jazzy wallpapers, social notifications, and flashing widgets are all preventing us from just getting on.Ĭal Newport's book, Digital Minimalism, discusses this in great detail and suggests 'digital decluttering.' 'Digital decluttering' doesn't remove electronics entirely from our lives but aims to lessen our interaction with them so that we can appreciate a more 'analog' life. Having so many apps can be confusing, waste our time, overwhelm us, not to mention distract us from other more important things. My iPhone and all its folders are the proverbial sit-com hall closet my apps are golf clubs, and bowling balls shoved haphazardly inside, waiting for someone to open the door, allowing chaos to prevail. Oh, and just 'in case' I find myself with a spare 100 hours, I have 19.71GB worth of podcast material downloaded and waiting. My Pre-Minimalist iPhone Round-UpĪpple optimizes minimalist design, and yet if you were to browse the screens of my iPhone SE (pre-minimalist overhaul), you would see that it's definitely not minimalist. On the whole, when we buy from Apple, we receive the clean form and high-quality attention to detail that we have grown to expect from their products. Jobs believed that with a unique design on the outside, a product should also have depth within.Īpple has excellent customer loyalty - I'm sure for many users, the 'Once you go Mac, you'll never go back' meme is accurate. Steve Job's admiration for simplicity came from growing up in the San Fran' burbs amongst the clean lines and tasteful design of mid-century modern developments. Simplistic design allows us to focus on the product's functionality rather than being distracted by its looks. Minimalism has been trending for some time now. Why is it that we love minimalism so much? Even when it doesn't really fit with our general day-to-day aesthetic. Now you know about me, let’s discuss why we’re all here: because we appreciate the sleek, smooth-edges of minimalist design. I’ll be completely frank, I don’t live my life as a minimalist - and while I wouldn’t put myself in the ‘hoarder’ category, I occasionally struggle to part with things, just in case they come in handy 10 years down the road. Get rid of jazzy wallpapers and go simple Delete apps you're not using and organize the restĢ. Following along the minimalist theme, here's the quick guide to a minimalist iPhone:ġ.
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