By Jacquelyn-F#@k Salad Wellness!
There’s a quiet subscription most of us don’t think twice about.
$0.99 a month.
$2.99.
$9.99 if things have really gotten out of hand.
We say it’s for storage.
But really, it’s for everything we haven’t decided about yet.
Photos. Screenshots. Notes. Duplicates. “I might need this later.” “I’ll come back to this.”
Our phones aren’t just storage—they’re holding patterns.
So I started playing a game.
Not to clean anything out. Not to be productive. Just to see what I’m actually holding onto.
The Game (No Pressure, Just Noticing)
Open your camera roll.
Scroll slowly.
And ask:
- Would I take this again today?
- Do I even remember this moment?
- Is this meaningful… or just evidence?
Don’t delete anything yet.
Just notice.
What You’ll Probably Find
A graveyard of screenshots you once thought mattered.
Five versions of the same photo because one wasn’t enough.
Moments you captured but never actually experienced.
And then—the ones that catch you off guard.
The imperfect ones. The random ones. The ones that feel like something when you see them.
Then Change the Rules
Now ask a better question:
What if you could only keep 100 photos?
That’s it.
No backups. No cloud safety net. No “just in case.”
100.
What stays?
Not what should stay.
Not what looks the best.
What actually earns a spot?
Because something interesting happens when the number gets smaller:
You stop thinking like a collector…
and start thinking like a curator.
What Makes the Cut?
Do you choose:
- The big milestones everyone expects?
- The people?
- The versions of yourself you recognize?
- Or the quiet moments no one else would understand?
And just as important—
What doesn’t make it?
The duplicates are easy.
But what about the ones you kept out of habit?
Out of guilt?
Out of “I don’t know, so I’ll just keep it”?
That’s where it gets honest.
A Small Move (If You Feel Like It)
Don’t try to get to 100.
Just pick five.
Five things that don’t need to come with you anymore.
Delete them on purpose.
Not to be organized.
Not to free up space.
Just to practice deciding.
What This Is Really About
It’s not your phone.
It’s not the storage.
It’s the quiet backlog of decisions we avoid.
Every saved photo says, this might matter.
Every untouched one says, I’ll deal with this later.
And “later” adds up.
The Part That Sticks
If you really only had 100 photos…
You wouldn’t choose more carefully because you had to.
You’d choose more carefully because you finally could see clearly what mattered.
And maybe that’s the real game:
Not deleting your life…
just getting honest about what you’re actually trying to keep.
Because somewhere in your final 100, there will absolutely be a photo that makes no sense.
Not your best memory.
Not your best angle.
Not even a good photo.
But it stays.
Because logic isn’t actually in charge here—attachment is.
Which is comforting… and slightly concerning.
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