6/6/26 - Let's Digital Detox!
- bribriny
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Saturday 6/6/26
Celebrate:
Atheist Pride Day
D-Day
Drawing Day
Drive-In Movie Day
National Applesauce Cake Day
National Black Bear Day
National Bubbly Day
National Cheer Coach Day
National Churro Day
National Eyewear Day
National Family Recreation Day
National Gardening Exercise Day
National Higher Education Day
National Hunger Awareness Day
National Learn to Row Day
National Pineapple Day
National Prairie Day
National Trails Day
National Yo-Yo Day
Russian Language Day
Turtle Races Day
Sunday
Daniel Boone Day
June Bug Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
National CAPHPACH Day (Citizens Against Police Harassment Police Against Citizen Harassment)
National Child's Day
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
National Frozen Yogurt Day
Trial Technology Day
VCR Day
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Brazilian police arrested a suspected church thief after he drank two bottles of communion wine and fell asleep. Officers say the man was about to steal a vacuum cleaner and a some electronics from the church but discovered the wine, stayed for a drink and fell asleep.
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Ditch Digital Clutter!
The reality is that most of us live inside our devices all day. We work, plan, pay bills, text, take photos—and then keep all 19 blurry versions of those photos for reasons known only to our egos. So clutter builds up quietly, spreading across a dozen different corners of our digital lives, and the thought of cleaning it all out can feel kind of oppressive.
But it doesn't have to feel that way.
Yulia Tekin, founder of Digital Declutter Cafe, and Amanda Jefferson, a tech and productivity coach who owns Indigo Organizing both have tips.
Do a quick “digital rooms” audit: Make a list of your digital clutter zones (email, photos, files, desktop/downloads, apps, texts/voicemails, browser tabs/bookmarks, online accounts). Then circle the one that you dread opening the most each day, and start there.
Pick a tiny time window: Start with 10 to 20 minutes. Set a timer. Stop when it goes off, even if you’re not “done.” The habit matters more than the heroic one-time purge.
Back up before you delete: If you’re going to do big clean-outs (especially of photos and documents), make sure you have a backup plan first, whether it’s on the cloud, an external hard drive or both.
Create an archive for each zone: This is the digital equivalent of moving everything off the kitchen counter so you can wipe it down. In email programs, Archive is often a built-in button; for files, try naming a folder “Archive–2026” (or “Archive–Old Stuff” if you’re honest).
Decide on your “must keep” categories up front: That may include things like taxes or financial records, legal documents, medical information, important family photos or anything tied to work or school requirements.
Work top down, not all at once: Start with the biggest visible clutter, like your inbox, camera roll or desktop, and then move deeper into your cloud storage or old accounts later.
Three quick e-mail declutter activities.
Act the first time you open an email: Before you open an email, you should be ready to reply to it, file it or delete it, instead of putting it off until later.
Unsubscribe as you go: If you open something and know you don’t want more of the same, scroll down and unsubscribe right then.
Clear out obvious junk: Promotions, notifications and updates you don’t need can be deleted in quick passes.
On your phone..start with your camera roll!
Remove Apps you don't use.
If you don’t use it and don’t plan to, let it go. You can always download it later.
Go here to see all the ways to declutter!
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It’s a nice weekend…go outside and get Ice Cream!!!!! Enjoy. See you Monday.
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