What's on my phone as a digital minimalist.
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- Опубліковано 27 гру 2022
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Hi there 👋 If you're new to my videos my name is Matt D'Avella. I'm a documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and UA-camr. I've made a couple documentaries for Netflix. I also teach courses on everything from filmmaking to habit change. If you like to nerd out about self-development as much as I do, you can subscribe for weekly videos.
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To be honest, from the day I got an iPhone 14 Plus I use phone less and less generally. It’s not about the processor or the screen size. It’s all about why and how you use the phone. I don’t have many apps and I barely use most of them. All started by deleting Instagram. My life became much much better.
recently i’ve starting minimizing everything in my life. i deleted pinterest, facebook, instagram, tiktok. i still have snapchat but i use it for communication. not mindless scrolling. i feel youtube gets me the most now that those apps are gone. but if i don’t have the time to sit down and watch the video, then i don’t. with all those other apps i used them even when i didn’t necessarily have the time. that was an issue.
I also have an iPhone 13 mini and it’s the best phone I’ve ever had! I absolutely love the size and the battery life doesnt bother me as all I do is watch UA-cam and listen to music anyway
Same. So many reviewers complain about the battery life but if you're mindful about how much time you spend on your phone and what devices you're using to do what it can easily get through an entire day
Same! I hate apple for butchering it lol
Had one and really tried to love it, but battery life keeps killing me. Love the form factor, love the one handed usage, but I keep having battery anxiety with that phone.
My use case is incompatible I guess, but I demand whole day battery life including GPS mapping. Moved up to a 13 Pro but boy do I miss the 13 mini!
Contemplating on which one to get iPhone 13 or 13 mini?
I love LOVE loooooooveeeee my #iPhone13Mini !!!
It’s the best #phone ever made. For reference, I’m 5’11 195lbs with average to large hands.
I recently had a daughter. I had the iPhone 13 Mini 128gb which I bought in 2021. This year upgraded to another iPhone 13 Mini with 256gb. Having a baby and taking pictures really takes up storage fast. Which brings up a great trait about the phone, it’s the perfect point and shoot phone.
#Apple really messed up by discontinuing it, unless of course they have other secret plans for it. I really hope they do. Because I have the privilege to be able to upgrade to any the iPhone every year or other year, but I will use the iPhone 13 Mini as long as I can or until they release the next Mini.
Living in an age where all these companies are paying professionals to keep us as consumers. I must say it’s really tough to build these great habits but I definitely think it’s doable.
I think as a society we need to start having these conversations and holding on another accountable. It’s very easy to get lost in the sauce when you’re having a bad day and infinitely scrolling your life away.
Kudos to you for the self awareness and the disciplined you have demonstrated over the years.
"scrolling your life away". that's deep man
Matt, sorry to break it to you but from a violin player, you are not learning the violin in 30 days
This will only motivate him. Let's go Matt! We believe in you.
Just because you can't MASTER something in 30 days doesn't mean you can't LEARN it in 30 days. He may suck at it but he will LEARN it.
@@heyjay73730 days of violin learning is like only enough to learn how to not hurt yourself while holding it
@@yezsir715 when I played the trumpet I learned my first few tunes within weeks. Why y'all gotta be such downers anyways? Yaint helping.
@@slackreal trumpet's so much easier than violin though😂
Thank you for the Video. Your videos saved me from a deep chronical depression 3 years ago. I've learn discipline and I've managed to get myself out of the hole - and it's getting better day by day. Thank you again for helping all of us and keep on doing your great work.
Same here. Was in 2019 and I remember procrastinating for my university midterm in the library by just binging UA-cam videos instead of actually studying. Came across "How to get up at 6am every day", watched it... and then watched every single one of his videos. By the end of the day I deleted all my social media, and I haven't gone back since, and anytime I can feel my life spiraling out of control again, I come back to Matt's videos (aka right now at 4am as my depression is currently fueling) and it's a nice "realignment" to see "Ok, remember why you're doing this. Slow down, and just focus on where you need to improve, and do a lot of bicep curls".
I always find it fascinating how other people organize and use their phones. Thanks for the insight Matt :D
i hope matt share his settings too 😂
Don't know if you ever tried it your phone, but I found it very useful.
You delete every home screen icon and use only search tool from the lock screen.
Now each time you tap on the screen of the phone you clearly have in mind what app you're about to use.
In many cases it even faster than taping on the app icon. For example when you need to set an alarm if you write "Alarm" in the search it immediately opens all your Alarms in the app.
P.S. But for all of you who like keeping home screen icons, I wish apple would've add an option to hide text.
This is such a good idea! I'm going to try that on my phone now
A list of all apps 👇
1:18 Teuxdeux
1:37 Apple Notes
2:00 Apple Pay
2:10 Service NSW
2:30 Clock / Alarm (are you a normal person or a psychopath? 😱)
2:50 Chrome
4:00 Calm
4:40 Spotify
5:04 Hue
5:27 Apple Watch, FitIndex, Health
6:25 Daylio
7:14 Slack, Asana
8:10 Scannable
8:27 Arc II
9:00 Sun Tracker AR
🚫Say no to UA-cam, Netflix, Reddit and other social media apps.
how does this comment have no replies? Great comment! Thank you!
Why Chrome? Because he loves to compromise his privacy and loves watching ads? Brave blocks out all that sh*t, so it's much more "minimalistic" and doesn't track you. Apple Notes can do everything scannable can do. Apple Reminders can be every bit as minimalistic as Teuxdeux; no need for *another* app, another subscription.
I love the honesty, Matt! Most people would take this opportunity to paint them self in a perfect light. But, you spend the time to share about the things that do take your time. Thanks for that :)
Always a pleasure watching your videos Matt. The minimalist approach and the high quality content that is to the point is inspiring to strive for. Greatly appreciate all that you do in the space.
Yeah! 13 mini master race! Been a year waiting for my iPhone 7 to take its bow (because of battery performance). This 13 mini has the perfect size. Too bad, Apple didn’t continue the mini to 14.
Can I just say how well you integrate your sponsors into your videos. Others completely just stop the video to talk about unrelated sponsors but you always manage to integrate it into your video and it just works seamlessly! It’s really appreciated as a viewer. Also, Congrats on you and Nat’s purchase of a house in Sydney!! 🎉
everyone i talk to, including myself, love the MINI the best. hope they bring it back
The quality of Matt's videos is so amazing. It's better than a lot of TV shows.
Finally! Someone who agrees with my "bigger screen isn't better" perspective. Really bummed they discontinued it
I recently got iPhone 12 Mini for the reasons Matt described. If I wanted an iPad that doesn’t fit my pocket, I’d get one. I want my phone to be practical.
I’m enjoying this new update from UA-cam.
Makes every video attractive, especially Matt’s ✊🏽
So many ads in just one video, also the timing of this video release is so perfect as from January 1st lot of people will start a New Year’s resolution to minimise phone use. Genius!
I love these type of videos because I am always trying to see what other digital minimalist have on their phone so that I am able to adjust and reevaluate myself.
Hi Matt, just want to share with you that I have finally started the Master UA-cam course after purchasing it 1.5 years ago. Just want to share with you my excitement on really starting on my creative journey and how great is the quality of the course. Moreover, I believed that your storytelling and filmmaking have also enhanced since then! Thanks for the contents!
My phone is everything for me. I use it as a laptop for studying and as a camera for my channel. And it’s too important organise my phone in minimalistic way.
I've experimented with a flip phone, iphone 5s and back to my smartphone and this has really helped me with checking my phone usage and ensuring what is on there is useful!
I'm a big fan of digital minimalism, so thank you very much for this matt 🙏
I’ve added the screen time widget to all of my home pages and I think it helps keep myself accountable
Hilariously I bought the mini for the same reasons as you! I've been watching you for years, you have definitely had an influence on my life!
Please make this videos often i really do love what you keep on your device as well as your minimal setup
The scannable app is not necessary. Apple notes has an option that allows you to scan documents
I just got my new phone from the holidays and as a bday gift, this comes so timely !
If anyone is looking for a great organizational/note taking app, I would recommend Notion. I used to be super into bullet journal to be productive, but eventually it took too much time to be worth the investment. Now I do everything on Notion and it's helped me so much.
I have my own business so I track all my expenses, plan out new projects, and set goals in there. I'm still in college so I take all my notes and track assignments. Plus I track all of my habits, journal daily, and plan out trips on it.
It's basically an open notebook that's extremely customizable and user friendly. I can't not recommend it
I don’t think this is a replacement for your setup, but for my system To-doist is great for keeping me on track. I have templates for regular work activities, life events, and then add ad-hoc tasks for the random things life throws at me. It’s been a game changer for me.
Love using Daylio. It's been great for tracking my emotions and general life circumstances at a glance. It also works well as a hub for tracking my habits too! ☺️
I downloaded the app yesterday. Great app
INSIGHT TIMER! It’s a guided meditation app that tracks your mood and has journal entries. A great way to condense 2 apps in n 1 !
Love that your adopting all parts of Australia in your move - hope you're enjoying the game of Cricket!
With one the recent iOS updates, you can set up custom home/screens for different “focus” modes. This has been super helpful for me. I have a work, gym, personal one. My phone is much cleaner, I have the apps I need for the task at hand readily available but out of the way when I don’t (shouldn’t) need them.
I've pushed this a little further with an app called Jomo that can block access to some apps based on my current focus mode (in addition to hiding them from your home screen). I am using this with my "Work" and "Sleep" focus modes and it works really well!
@@thomasmaherault4156 Thanks I'll give it a try! I know when I have downtime at work or even between sets at the gym I mindlessly end up on social media apps smh lol.
Instead of using scannable, you can just hold down the notes app and choose the scan documents option. Works the same.
Thanks Matt D’Avella for sharing what’s on your phone, learnt on how to organize apps.
This isn't necessarily a phone app, but switching from Asana to ClickUp in my business was a game changer. It's definitely worth exploring! Not only can do more with tasks than Asana, but some plans also include unlimited file storage so you can say bye-bye to your cloud storage costs. They even have a chat similar to slack so you can consolidate that too. I am a UA-camr as well who needs to coordinate tasks between myself and my team. We create a "task" in clickup for every video, and I'm able to upload photos and other promotional media directly in the task so my team can download what they need to do their part of the task. Super convenient!
As always, great and fun content from Matt
I've been waiting for this since the last one came out
So helpful! I've cut back big time on number off apps, and am utilizing focus modes like crazy to basically not need my phone! Also, I've been intrigued by the iPhone Mini. You sold me on it. Thanks!
I love my 13 mini!! Favorite phone that i've owned in years
Your videos are a piece of art Matt. Never stop
Love your channel and the video, Matt! You inspire me to become the best version of myself 😊
Two apps that I’ve been using almost daily for over a year now are Rise Sleep and MacroFactor for tracking macronutrients. They seamlessly integrate with Apple Health so they won’t disrupt anything you’re doing with how you track your health metrics but they provide valuable insights and UI that kinda of act as data enhancement overlays to make more use of the raw data you’re tracking. Rise uses your sleep tracking data to estimate when you will experience dips and peaks in energy and MacroFactor (in addition to food logging) can analyze your food intake vs your weight to continuously calculate macro targets based on actual data.
Glad to see there are other fans of smaller phones out there! Personally I just do not vibe with anything over 6.2 inches at the absolute maximum! The Nexus 5X was pretty much my perfect phone and was only replaced due to the battery dying.
Notion is another powerful tool to check out for note taking, organization, etc., and is highly customizable
Love the video! I think you sum it up at the beginning : view your phone as a practical tool and configure it in a way that works for you and keeps distractions away.
I've used the app Jomo to help manage my screen time for a few months now. I use it primarily to limit my social media use to 15 minutes a day (I can't ask for more time like Apple's Screen Time - it was a game changer for me). I also use it to block UA-cam until I manually check an habit (right now, it's reading something but I change it from time to time).
Great video! One app that could also find its way into your selection may be some form of a pomodoro timer app. If you're trying to find ways to focus more and keep yourself from getting distracted, that's definitely a great app to have.
Lofi beattsssss 🙌🏼 best work focus playlist.
Yo Matt, you the man for sure. I have gave up social media I just have UA-cam and Snapchat to talk to my children and now I am going to delete apps unless I need them and THANK YOU!!! I already feel better 😊
Who said YT was just for fun? Loved the info about adding your DL to the Service NSW app. As a fellow Sydney-sider, this tip was gold. Thanks Matt.
Im using the app called “One Sec”. Been a big game changer for me. It puts a hold screen on or asks you for an intention before you enter the app. Should give it a look and see
If it changes your habit with Reddit
Awesome video 💪🏻 I love “loft beats” thanks for sharing!
Structured and one sec help me a lot, to organise my day and to stop me from opening apps too often👍🏼
I was waiting for this videos 😊
Forest is a great app! It's one of the few apps that I've actually bought the premium version of.
The app lets you set a timer, and for that timer's duration, you can't use your phone.
Each time you complete your timer, it'll grow a tree in your virtual forest, but if you use your phone while a timer is in progress, it'll burn both your current growing tree and all other previous trees you've grown.
I've found after using the app for about a month, it became really easy for me to leave my phone alone, the urge to pull it out and distract myself doesn't come up nearly as often as it used to.
I just use the notes app for scanning documents, actually really like it!
Notion is my go-to for everything! an essential tool for capturing and organizing ideas, streamlining my productivity workflow.
Logseq is pretty good too
Looking forward to watching that DAILY MOOD video!!
this was a needed video. thanks matt
I have a 13 mini too and i absolutely loved it!!
Thank you for this!
One of the few aspetcs I'm a minimalist at.
The reason why I do it though it's privacy.
The fewer the apps, the less the tracking or occasions for privacy invasion.
I try to use the stock apple apps on my iPhone, and only download somethinf if no stock alternative is available.
check iodé phones out ;) one of the best custom Android-based systems to protect privacy. Their built-in adblocker is just amazing
So good matt. Did not know you're in NSW!! Would like to buy you a beer. You've changed my thinking and helped my life. Much love brother!
the sun tracker app is so cool! will keep that in mind when looking for a place to live
Thanks for the app recommendation. I looked up Daylio and then realized I’d used it in the past at some point as I had a download cloud for it. I want something for the new year to really see how my negative thoughts are and if they overshadow the positive ones. On the flip side, how to highlight the positive thoughts so I can get out of parental rage with my little ones. 😅
The app forest is really good for the productivity
The fact that you also migrated to Reddit shows I wasn’t the only one who at least saw some value in them, but wanted the app I doomscrolled in to be less comparison based and more informational! Ultimately I’ve also deleted Reddit as it’s ultimate purpose was to slowly ween me off such a satisfying app through boredom with them; Reddit is only so useful if used as a curated search engine! Xx
Yeah exactly it should be as resource rather than timepass
is reddit better than twitter?
@@grannyboy8695 its entirely different but I like it a lot more
@@grannyboy8695 meh, they both have their uses. The true difference i’ve found is on Twitter you follow people, on Reddit you follow subjects. I was looking to improve my knowledge on subjects like on reddit, not on what a particular person had to offer like on twitter.
Reddit was a great aggregate for fitness knowledge. It’s best stuff was saved in a menu where all the tried and tested info was kept in a wiki. Twitter was useful mostly for immediate things like job opportunities, but for study it falls short.
Reddit fell short in the end because it’s crowd sourced and ultimately seems to be full of the same demographic or too many different ones providing opposing opinions, which in a way is kind of like twitter. So I now have no followed subjects on reddit and use it solely as a search engine, and I’ve finally stepped away from algorithms all together with UA-cam being the last standing.
Espresso for your briefing daily news (the economist), recipe keeper for your cooking recipes
As far as i have watched many youtubers,you are the techy person that I can relate to
I'd suggest having a First Aid facilitator app installed. You never know when it would come in handy and then the information you need urgently is there
would love to see how you keep your computer minimalist. Love your videos😊.
It's so nice to hear a content creator not being present in social media. I thought that would be impossible though
Citymapper is amazing for getting around cities and working out journeys on public transport
Such a great video, thank you. It would be great to see your workflow when you get back to the ideas you jotted down, for videos or whatever
Matt, go for Notion; you can get rid of 10 apps or so (sure, it takes some time to set up, but it is worth it 100%).
you can delete scannable and use the scanner that is featured in apple notes for more minimalistic features :)!
great video, thank you
Even I own the iPhone 13 mini. I like it soo much and it's a perfect phone for calling and messaging & other stuffs.....
Structured! is an absolute incredible app for time management and task placement
Hawaiian shirt Matt is my favorite character ✌️
Ok that sun tracker app is so smart!!
How do you organize and reference screenshots/pictures in your phone and other Inspirations for something you want to remember, something you want to design, or maybe something you want to take a picture of later?
I have over 2,000 screenshots of Inspirations in my phone from social media, youtube, and the internet. It's overwhelming using pictures as a second brain and referencing them later in the future.
I would get a Pinterest account and start uploading them as Pins, so you can delete them from your camera roll and organize them into boards and categories. It will clear up some space and you can have them all in one place, you can also figure out which ones are actually useful and which ones are just taking up space and be more mindful about how you screenshot and save.
Why don’t you use an external harsh drive 😀
Yes and please help with the PDFs and other documents for me as a student...
@@samuelrose526 this is an absolutely genius idea! So simple yet so effective 😂
Great question! Haven't totally mastered that yet but will look into it.
This video just proves how much value a phone can bring to everyday life. People complain about the price of phones but name anything as useful as a phone that you will use for hours everyday for years.
Useful and to the point stuff 🙌🙌
As a minimalist, the last thing I have on my iphone is 50 apps floating around on the home screen. That look gives me anxiety.
For widgets, I use an app called Lockflow to keep them only on my Lockscreen for access to my favorite apps. Widgets are too bulky and clunky so Lockflow (its free) allows me to keep the look of the phone essentially minimal.
I have the apps I use on a daily basis separated into two folders: one folder for important stuff like my bank apps, contacts, clock, maps, messages, etc. and a second folder for my streaming services. They're neatly placed on the bottom bar of the home screen.
This clears all my home screen clutter allowing whatever wallpaper I place on the background to show nicely and keeps my phone extremely organized.
All the other misc. apps I've removed from my home screen cause I have them by default on the Apps Library anyway. So to keep the phone looking clean, that's pretty how much I keep it without having to jailbreak the phone or anything crazy like that lol.
I have my homescreen clean. Just have on bottom whattsapp, call and iMessage. The rest I call siri to open or just pull up search bar. Also, only social media I have is UA-cam and for professional reasons :-)
I barely pick the phone with my apple watch and on end of day I consume some media on my Ipad
Since I don’t work off of my phone I removed all apps except for the calling and text message apps from my home screen. For me it’s way more calming to look at.
Newton Email is fantastic - I think you'll love the Zenbox settings. Also, Look into automations with your watch face and iPhone screens eg. In the morning I have my Todoist widget front and centre, at night time I have that widget hidden and only have a few apps on my night time phone screen.
Finally brother your video is come out to the modern world
Whatever you want man ! Keep it to you 😄
TickTick is the app that I love the most. I combined tasks, notes and calendar in one single app and that was a life changer!!! If you never tried, you should at least once.
So important to limit dopamine and instant gratification for success in the digital age
I love daylio! I've been using it since late 2020 and it's really cool.
il video che aspettavo! 😍
Libby allows you to access library books (kindle or audio) for free. I love having books on my phone at all time.
I find smiling mind as a good alternative to calm
I limit the amount of apps I have on my phone, the few distracting apps I keep uninstalled until I'm finished working on UA-cam videos, if you have a dream, you gotta say no to instant gratification to make it happen
Adonissss
It's sooo difficult to cultivate this level of self-control
@@mahmoudelbadawy. ADONISSS
@@jessislistless Yes it is but it's possible, keep working on yourself, you got this
@@TheDoomerGoGetter thank you for your kind words of encouragement. I'll keep on trying!
Great video man🙌🏼
Indistract Minimalist Launcher, I've used this to remove the app icons (everything's in words) so I don't go on autopilot and you have to remember which app you want to use, it also gives you a time and how long you've spent on each app.
There's a premium version which I have paid for and I will tell you the truth I'm a person who normally just deals with free versions.
And to let you know I'm a Android user.
Matt, I love your floral shirt.
Matt your biceps getting dope man...👁👁🦾🦾
Mealime is one of my most used apps - it's a meal planning app and generates my grocery list. Highly recommend, but only if you cook regularly