The Reverse Hoarder
Declutter & Set Boundaries. Use AI to simplify your life-flow and work-flow.
Hoarders hold on to everything — they can never let go.
They are stuck living in the past and can never make space for the new. They are basically setting themselves up for failure… 🔻🔻🔻
You don’t want to be a hoarder — you want to be a reverse hoarder.
To accomplish great things — you have to understand that your physical space directly connects to your mind space. And both of them must be pristine.
1) DECLUTTER
I went on a Decluttering Mission this month, and I didn’t hold back.
I started from my living space, then moved on to my work space, and even decluttered my digital living space too. My laptop, that is.
The first two were easy as I had no reservations in throwing or giving away old articles of clothing. And I didn’t need to do much in way of furniture re-configuration as things were already minimalist enough.
As for my work space: It was easy throwing out old piles of paper and saving the ones worth saving, but in a more organised manner.
If you don’t have any hoarding tendencies within you — this part will be easy…
But clearing out your digital living space, this will be a bit more difficult.
Digital Space… FREEDOM!!!
To make the process more streamlined, let’s use Chat GPT do it. Type this in the prompt.
Help me declutter my digital living spaceThis is what you will get 👇
Let’s attack your digital clutter like spring cleaning your brain 🧹🧠 — here’s a tactical plan:
🗂 1. File System Clean-Up
Create Main Buckets: Work / Personal / Admin / Archive
Use a “Sort Later” Folder: Temporarily dump chaos here, sort weekly.
Purge Old Files: Delete duplicates, downloads, screenshots older than 2 weeks.
📧 2. Inbox Detox
Unsubscribe Brutally: Use tools like Unroll.me or do a mass search: unsubscribe
Set Rules/Filters: Auto-label newsletters, receipts, updates.
Inbox Zero Trick: Move everything older than 2 weeks to an “Old Mail” folder. Start fresh.
🧠 3. Note Apps & Docs
Merge or Migrate: Choose one home for notes (Notion, Apple Notes, Obsidian, etc.)
Tag or Trash: If it’s not tagged or useful, archive or delete it.
Create a Knowledge Hub: One clean place with sections for Ideas, Tasks, Logs, etc.
📱 4. Phone & Apps
Delete Unused Apps: If you haven’t opened it in 30 days, it’s dead weight.
Reorganize Home Screen: Only daily-use apps stay. Put distractions in folders.
Set App Limits: Block dopamine junk during work hours.
🌐 5. Browser & Bookmarks
Limit Open Tabs: Use OneTab or Toby to organize them.
Clean Bookmarks: Keep only essentials, archive the rest.
Clear Cache & Cookies: Feels like a digital shower.
🧰 6. Productivity Stack Audit
What tools are actually helping?
Kill off overlaps (e.g. multiple to-do apps, calendar tools).
Consolidate into 1-2 reliable apps.
Want me to help you design the perfect folder structure or optimize your note-taking system?
—> You probably don’t need to do all of the above to achieve productivity gains, but pick the low-hanging fruit and start at once. You can even upload screenshots of your Folder Directories and ask Chat GPT to give you recommendations on how to organise them better.
A few days of this and your digital space will fast become 10X more efficient.
This will remove the heavy anchor from your productivity vessel — and allow it to embark on new journeys.
But is clearing out the old enough to set you on the path to unlimited success???
—> No! Because junk keeps flowing in unless you close the door and seal it shut.
2) SET BOUNDARIES
This is the second part of the “CLEAR IT OUT. LOCK IT DOWN” grand strategy. Declutter first, Boundaries second.
Wouldn’t you say Hoarding is the same as not being able to set Boundaries? The hoarder cannot say no, those who can’t set Boundaries say Yes all the time.
Same, same…
Saying NO
You were not sent on this earth to serve others and their whims. You are here to look out for #1, remember that.
Yes, you have friends and family — but they don’t own you. The more you let this happen to you, the less you will succeed. You can’t have both in this life.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO SAY NO!
Start practicing straight away. Write down the task list for the next few days and start ticking off the boxes. And as things get in your way — start saying no.
Reject Invitations
Don’t answer calls or messages straight away
Let email pile up and only respond to the urgent ones, prioritise!
Don’t go out for drinks when you have other things to do
And the list goes on — I think you get it.
People Pleaser
Don’t be a people pleaser for the sake of pleasing people. If you have this behaviour, it’s probably because you need praise from people.
“Oh, you’re the best, you’re the smartest, you’re the kindest.”
The question you need to ask yourself rather is…
ARE YOU A SUCKER?
I am being harsh to prove a point here, every case is different. Learn to differentiate between what is what and always assume formlessness. These aren’t laws that cannot be broken, these are guidelines.
Start at once. Clear it out. Lock it down.
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