Why Do I Have 4,527 Pictures on My Phone?
Four thousand, five hundred, and twenty seven.
Am I documenting my life for the Smithsonian?
Apparently so.
Every once in a while, I decide to clean out my photos. I pour myself a cup of coffee and begin with great determination.
Delete. Delete. Delete.
Then I find a picture of one of the grandchildren from three years ago.
Well, obviously, I can’t delete that.
Then there’s a sunset.
I already have 327 pictures of sunsets, but this one is different. The clouds were prettier.
Keep.
Then come the flowers.
Why do I need 47 pictures of the same flower?
Because apparently, I was waiting for it to turn its head and smile.....Keep!
Duplicates...🤷♀️🤷♀️
Obviously, I keep them all...All as in I have 5 of the same picture.
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Then I discover screenshots.
Recipes I was going to make. Decorating ideas I was going to try. A blouse I was going to order.
A quote I was going to remember.
Then, I never go back to those pictures...thoughts...or whatever you want to call them...
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Then there are the accidental pictures.
The floor. My shoe. The inside of my purse.
The dashboard.
And the horrifying accidental selfie taken from underneath my chin.
**Once I discover them, they are deleted immediately!!!
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Then there are pictures I took so I wouldn’t forget something:
Where I parked. A price tag. The name of a plant.
I honestly have no clue how I ever managed life without my phone camera.
The truth is, mixed in with all the nonsense are little pieces of my life.
Birthdays.....Holidays.....Family gatherings.
Grandchildren growing taller.....Places I’ve been.
That’s the problem with cleaning out my phone.
Many of my photos are memories and these are terribly difficult to throw out. I have them saved in a couple of other places, but for reasons unknown, I think they need to be on my phone as well.
So after an hour of serious photo cleaning, I check my total.
I started with 4,527 pictures.
I now have….4,380 important pictures.
Excellent progress? LOL
Y'all have a good day....
Shug...
1 comment:
Well, at least you are trying!! I am the same with my picture folders on the laptop. About 10 years ago, I had over 10,000. I think it must be double now. Going through all of them takes days, and it is so hard to delete!! Even though most I have never looked at in ages!
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