Overcome Compulsive Digital Media Hoarding in 3 Simple Steps

Have you ever wasted hours looking for important files and still did not find them? Do you own a mountain of USB pen drives and external hard drives filled with songs you ripped, movies you downloaded, and old photos you never shared? Are your computers, tablets and smartphones bogging down because of too many old, unnecessary files?

If you have answered a resounding “Yes!” to all three questions, then you’re in luck! This post is perfect for you. If you could relate to only one question or none at all, we congratulate you. You are a rare breed. Keep reading anyway as this post has some great tips and might help someone close to you who might have this problem.

The 3-Step Framework

Name It

You may be suffering from what we call a “compulsive digital media hoarding.” You love to collect. And that is not such a bad thing. In fact, your collection may help you in your current work, your personal hobby or a possible future business or freelancing gig.

However, when collecting becomes compulsive and starts to eat away your time, your peace of mind and your digital storage space, then it becomes a bane more than a boon. So make sure you call it by its proper name. Identifying the problem is the first step in addressing it.

Claim It

You cannot claim what you cannot name. Only after identifying the real issue and calling it for what it really is can you begin to accept it. It may be hard in the beginning, but if you were able to resonate with the questions at the beginning of this post, then you know that this is a problem that needs to be addressed.

Tame It

Acknowledging and accepting that you have a compulsion to hoard digital media means that you have already won half of the battle. You are now ready for some practical tips that you can implement to live a simple, stress-free life.

First, honestly list what you love and what’s important to you right now. Not tomorrow nor in the next couple of years. Cut the list down to five, or even just the top three, if you are more radical. Secondly, delete everything else. Drastic problems require drastic measures.

That’s all there is to it, really. It’s not easy. However, once you get down to it, you will realize that not only are you freeing up much storage space from your storage devices, but also freeing your mind and soul from clutter.

A free mind and a free soul are what matter the most. Once you have that, there is no limit to what you can do with that freedom! And if you still want to store and access your most important digital media while getting rid of all those physical storage devices, here is one efficient way to do it minus the stress and the clutter…

Offcloud, your cloud-based download manager

Here at Offcloud, we provide an invaluable cloud-based service to all our users, going above and beyond the simple storage that most places have to offer! We also give our users the opportunity to download instantly from BitTorrent directly into your cloud storage account, fetch cloud data to convert and store for use later on, and even make use of the media you’ve saved while you’re on the go.

You can do all this with a free account, too, giving you the opportunity to really try out the service before deciding to make a financial commitment to a bigger package with extra features! You’ll receive 10GB of storage space and 100 direct download links, so why not give us a go?