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Forget the closets for a minute. The best spring cleaning you can do this year starts with the device in your pocket. No heavy lifting, no dust, and you can do it from the couch.

Spend an intentional 30 minutes and run through my list of what to clean up on your phone. You’ll be rewarded with more storage space, less digital clutter, and maybe even a faster phone. 

Let’s Start with Your Photos

Take a moment to review the shots from a recent event and pick your best ones. Now delete the duplicates and blurry shots. Maybe even create an album to add these to so you can find them faster when you want to show one to a friend. 

You might be able to use a built-in tool to help you find the duplicate photos. iPhone automatically groups duplicate photos into a dedicated folder called “Duplicates”. It will show you the duplicates with the date taken. Tap ‘merge’ to combine identical shots, keeping the highest quality version while moving extras to “Recently Deleted”. 

Android phones use the Files by Google app to manage duplicate photos. The app scans for identical files and allows you to delete them to save space, often labeling the original. Samsung devices use a similar native feature in the “My Files” app under “Analyze Storage”.

Review Your Screenshots

If you are anything like me, these pile up quickly. But, usually, I don’t need to keep any of them long term. Look for a filter that will show you all your screenshots so you can easily review them.

Next, Look at Your Apps

Go to settingsàstorage (works on both iPhone and Android) to see which apps are taking up the most space. A good rule of thumb – if you haven’t opened an app in six months, it’s probably safe to delete it. Of course, you can always reinstall an app easily if you find you do need it down the road. 

While we are thinking about our apps, now is a good time to review apps that have access to your location, camera, microphone, or contacts. This matters for both privacy and battery life. 

Think of your phone as a filing cabinet that holds all your important records – photos, contacts, banking info, notes, location history.

Each time you install an app, it’s like hiring a contractor to help with a specific task. App permissions are the drawers you unlock for them.

If you hire someone to organize recipes, they only need access to the “Recipes” folder. They don’t need your tax returns, medical records, or family photos. If you unlock every drawer just because they asked, you’ve given away far more than necessary.

The process is simple: open only the drawer required for the job. Close it again when the job is done.

Most people hand over the whole cabinet out of convenience. You don’t have to.

App permissions affect your battery life because they determine how frequently apps are allowed to run in the background – activating sensors, connecting to networks, and pulling data even when you’re not actively using them.

Both iPhone and Android offer control over these settings in their respective “Settings” menus. Android uses a centralized “Permission Manager” and the iPhone settings can be found under the “Privacy & Security” sections.

Clean Up Your Inbox

If you did any online shopping for the holidays, you may have a buildup of emails from the sites you purchased from. Now is a good time to unsubscribe from the ones you are not reading. To clean up further, scan your inbox, find one, and then do a search so all the emails from that sender come up. You can select all of them and delete them. 

System Updates

Do you keep up with your phone operating system updates? Usually these are installed automatically, but if yours have not, you should update them now. These updates patch important security holes and are necessary to keep everything running smoothly. 

If you pick just one or two of these tasks and do them tonight instead of scrolling on your phone, you’ll feel accomplished and have a cleaner, lighter phone. And you didn’t have to get out a mop and a bucket! 

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you developed the habit to regularly clean up your phone? Which of the above do you do once a month?

Is it possible that the best way to accelerate your dream lifestyle into reality is to slow down your current lifestyle? If so, how would you do this?

The answer is simple: inner reflection.

Inner reflection is where you can not only silence lingering fears or doubts about life after 60, but it is also where you begin mapping out your dream lifestyle.

But how do you actually create a roadmap to your dreams? And with so many distractions and responsibilities in your life, where do you find time to slow down and engage in inner reflection?

We will answer these questions in our fifth article and video in a new, 10-part exclusive series for Sixty and Me readers titled “Visualize a Vibrant New Lifestyle After 60.”

Be Open and Honest with Yourself

Reflecting on the kind of lifestyle you desire is a deeply personal process. The same holds true for the roadmap you use to get there.

To get started with inner reflection, it is necessary to create 10 to 20 minutes a day of alone time. Yes, you have the time in your life to do this.

The key to getting the most out of your inner reflection practices is the same as it is for mapping out your dream lifestyle: be open and honest with yourself.

For example, what may have been your ideal lifestyle earlier in adulthood may not be what you desire now. Accepting this and being honest with what you feel comfortable engaging in at this stage of life is essential for accelerating your desired outcomes.

Letting the Noise and Distractions Dissolve

The idea of slowing things down can be scary at first because you may be met with an avalanche of limiting belies and fearful notions of what the future might hold for you.

If this happens, trust the inner noise and distractions will dissolve if you give them time.

When you first ease into inner reflection, sit quietly and let the inner noise and outer distractions dissolve. Then, begin with visualizing your ideal dream lifestyle.

If you have a challenge with the specifics of that lifestyle, allow yourself to emotionally feel into the experience of having your dreams and desires being fulfilled.

6 Easy Steps to Mapping Your Dream Lifestyle

Mapping out your dream lifestyle doesn’t necessarily begin with a lot of physical activity or even knowing specific details. The clarity of the roadmap unfolds through your emotional experiences, which are generated during inner reflection.

As unique as your roadmap will be to you, there are six steps to creating one that are universal for all of us at this beautiful stage of life.

#1: Inner Reflection on Your Lifestyle and Desires

Start by asking yourself the following question: What lifestyle have I always wanted to live, but up to now have been holding myself back from experiencing? Consider your passions, interests, and aspirations and then journal your dream lifestyle. This is where your emotional experience helps you get specific about what you want.

#2: Set Clear Goals

Once you identify your ideal lifestyle and desires through inner reflection, break them down into clear and specific goals that will help you move closer to achieving them. Define the steps that will take you to your desired arrival point. Be aware of the milestones you want to reach along the way so you do not become distracted by things that do not serve your innermost desires.

#3: Visualize Your Dreams

Use the power of your childhood imagination to visualize your dreams as if you are already living them. Every day, use inner reflection to imagine the details, feel the emotions, and journey through experiences associated with having what you want.

#4: Create an Inspired Action Plan

Now that a clear vision of your dream lifestyle backs up your goals, you will want an inspired action plan that excites you. Break down your goals into small, actionable steps aligned with your desires. Identify people and resources you may need to support you along the way.

#5: Cultivate a Growth Mindset

A growth mindset is essential for creating your ideal lifestyle after 60. This is about removing limiting beliefs by cultivating an unwavering belief in yourself that you can not only learn new beliefs and behaviors, but that you can have what you desire.

#6: Take Inspired and Aligned Action

This crucial step does not confuse activity with accomplishment. This is not about staying busy but instead it is about staying committed and inspired despite challenges or setbacks.

Trust the Process

We all desire improvements in some areas of our current lifestyle. This six-step road map will be essential in your efforts to create lifestyle changes when and where they matter most to you.

By regularly practicing inner reflection, you can create any lifestyle changes you desire. Trust the process and believe each step you take along your journey brings you closer to fully realizing your dream lifestyle.

Next Steps

In our sixth article and video in this series, you will learn how to “Reclaim the Power to Live Your Dream Lifestyle.”

I invite you to join me in the video above, where I share “5 Immediate Benefits of Inner Reflection” and three journal prompts to help you integrate what you are learning.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Do you know what your dream life looks like? Have you mapped out the steps you need to take to get there?