Phone Photo Cleanup Plan 1. QUICK PLAN Start with screenshots, then work through the repeated shots, then the food photos, then everything left over. All photos and videos of your father are kept in every step. When you finish, you will have a phone holding only photos worth looking at again. Weekday evenings handle the smaller tasks; Sunday mornings handle the bigger ones. 2. KEEP OR DELETE RULES Always Keep - Every photo and video of your father - Photos worth looking at again Safe to Clear - Screenshots of receipts you no longer need - Screenshots of maps you no longer need - Screenshots of chat messages you no longer need - Extra shots of the same scene, once you have picked the best one Decide With These Questions 1. Is my father in it? If yes, keep it. 2. Is it worth looking at again? If no, it can go. 3. Is it a screenshot I still need for something? If no, it can go. 4. Is it one of several shots of the same scene, and is it the best one? If no, it can go. 5. Is it a food photo I would want to see again? If no, it can go. 3. SESSION PLAN Session 1: Weekday evening, 20 minutes on the train - Focus: Backup - Task: Check that your photos are backed up to your cloud account, as you did last month, and that recent photos are there. Nothing is deleted before this is done. - Done when: You have confirmed the recent photos are in the cloud account. Session 2: Sunday morning, 1 hour - Focus: Photos and videos of your father - Task: Go through the phone and set aside every photo and video of your father as keep, so they are protected before any clearing begins. - Done when: All of them are gathered and marked keep. None of them are deleted, moved, or edited. Session 3: Weekday evening, 20 minutes on the train - Focus: Receipt screenshots - Task: Go through the receipt screenshots and clear the ones you no longer need. Keep any that show your father. - Done when: You have looked at every receipt screenshot once. Session 4: Weekday evening, 20 minutes on the train - Focus: Map screenshots - Task: Go through the map screenshots and clear the ones you no longer need. Keep any that show your father. - Done when: You have looked at every map screenshot once. Session 5: Weekday evening, 20 minutes on the train - Focus: Chat message screenshots - Task: Go through the chat message screenshots and clear the ones you no longer need. Keep any that show your father. - Done when: You have looked at every chat message screenshot once. Session 6: Sunday morning, 1 hour - Focus: Repeated shots of the same scene - Task: For each scene where you took 5 to 10 shots, pick the best one and clear the rest. Keep any that show your father. - Done when: Each scene you went through has one shot left. Session 7: Sunday morning, 1 hour - Focus: Food photos - Task: Go through the food photos, keep the ones worth looking at again, and clear the rest. Keep any that show your father. - Done when: You have looked at every food photo once. Session 8: Weekday evening, 20 minutes on the train - Focus: Everything left over - Task: Go through the remaining photos and videos using the questions in section 2, then put the keepers into the albums in section 4. - Done when: Every remaining photo and video has been decided on or sorted into an album. 4. ALBUM NAMES 1. Father 2. Worth Looking At Again 3. Food Favorites 4. Receipts to Keep 5. Maps to Keep 6. Chats to Keep 5. PROGRESS CHECKLIST - Session 1, check that my photos are backed up: {date done} - Session 2, set aside photos and videos of my father: {date done} - Session 3, receipt screenshots: {date done} - Session 4, map screenshots: {date done} - Session 5, chat message screenshots: {date done} - Session 6, repeated shots of the same scene: {date done} - Session 7, food photos: {date done} - Session 8, everything left over: {date done} 6. KEEP IT CLEAN HABIT 1. On the train home on weekday evenings, look through that day's new photos. 2. When you take 5 to 10 shots of the same scene, keep the best one and clear the rest. 3. Clear screenshots of receipts, maps, and chat messages once you no longer need them. 4. Always keep every photo and video of your father.