Alright, so I went down this rabbit hole with what I started calling my ‘exactlye nude’ approach. Sounds a bit out there, I know, but hear me out on this one.
My Big Idea: Getting Raw
I was just so over all the clutter, you know? Every app, every website, bursting with features I never even looked at. My goal was simple: get back to the absolute basics in how I did my daily stuff. Pure, straightforward, no frills. That’s what this ‘exactlye nude’ thing was supposed to be for me. My whole practice was to strip everything down to its core, especially my digital life. Forget fancy software; I wanted the bare minimum.
The Messy Middle Part
So, I kicked it off. First up, I decided to just uninstall a boatload of apps from my phone and computer. Seemed easy. Boy, was I wrong. It turned into a real fight.
- Some of those programs just did not want to leave. They clung on.
- Then I found out some were tied into things I actually needed, like a tangled mess of wires.
- And the worst part? My own habits. I’d keep reaching for an app that wasn’t there anymore. Drove me nuts for a while.
I seriously spent days, maybe weeks, just messing with settings, trying to find super basic tools. I wanted my notes in plain text, my to-do list to be just that – a list, no fancy colors or alarms. Just the ‘exactlye nude’ facts, if you will.
It was like peeling a stubborn fruit, only to find it’s got a weird, hard pit you weren’t expecting. I discovered how much I leaned on all that extra stuff, even when I thought I was being simple. That was a big shocker, truly. I thought I was in control, but all those little features had me hooked.
What I Actually Got Out Of It
So, did I hit that perfect ‘exactlye nude’ state of digital nirvana? Nah, not completely. It’s pretty tough to live totally bare-bones in this day and age. But the whole process, this ‘exactlye nude’ experiment, it did teach me some solid stuff. It really made me stare hard at what tools and information I genuinely use versus what’s just noise. I dumped a massive amount of digital junk. My laptop actually starts up faster now, so there’s that win.
And now, I’m way more careful before I jump on the bandwagon for any new app or service. I ask myself, “Do I really need this, or is it just another shiny distraction?” So yeah, my ‘exactlye nude’ journey was a bit of a slog. It wasn’t some quick fix. More like a deep, uncomfortable clean-out of my digital habits. I guess the biggest takeaway is that ‘simple’ often takes a lot of work to find. You gotta really dig to get to it.
