Today's Purge: My Pinterest Boards
My personal space is in need of decluttering but my energy levels are down and I'm sitting at my computer feeling the urge to purge my digital space instead.
Do people still Pin? Actually, do people still Tumblr? I don't know but I found my old Tumblr and I still love it and think it's fine as it is. My Pinterest account however, is a whole other story...
I can see all the different versions of me that pinned things. There are so many items that don't resonate any longer: A girl who thought she'd get married. A woman with baby fever. A daughter planning her father's 75th birthday dinner. Interior decorating ideas for my first apartment. Recipes for a paleo diet. The boards go on and on.
I purged 90 boards. What I was even doing with that many in the first place is beyond me.
Even while deleting this and that — I found my eyes catching on an image of banana peel stickers and bright illustrations, ultimately deciding today is not the day I quit Pinterest. So I checked the settings and turned off ads and AI and all the bullshit that made me abandon it in the first place. It's a little bit better of an experience.
I've created 15 new boards that fit where I am now in terms of what I like to look at and what I find inspiration in.
The act of decluttering is necessary.