Vent: The 'delete everything' advice in here drives me nuts

I was at a coffee shop last Tuesday watching a guy frantically close 73 tabs on his laptop because people were staring, and it hit me that this whole 'less is more' thing gets taken too far. I keep files from old projects because they spark ideas for new ones, and deleting them feels like burning a sketchbook. Does anyone else feel like holding onto digital clutter actually helps your creativity instead of killing it?

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wells.christopher1d ago

That digital hoarding just means you can't let go of junk.

morganmartinez1d ago

Guilty as charged, I still have memes from 2012 lol.

singh.harper1d ago

Exactly, you can't let go of junk" - man, that hits close to home. I've got hard drives going back 15 years with random screenshots, downloads from old jobs, and game saves from consoles I don't even own anymore. It's like a digital attic but there's no physical clutter to trip over so it just keeps piling up. I finally had to force myself to delete an entire folder of blurry photos from my first flip phone. Felt almost as bad as throwing away a souvenir. But honestly, I still can't bring myself to clear out the screenshots folder from 2016 electrician invoice templates - just in case, you know? It's a sickness, but at least we're sick together.