When shopping for a new smartphone and reading reviews, the term bloatware will inevitably pop up. Here is the definition courtesy of Google.
noun: bloatware
software whose usefulness is reduced because of the excessive disk space and memory it requires. …unwanted software included on a new computer or mobile device by the manufacturer. “users must initially contend with the usual bevy of bloatware (unnecessary toolbars, games of questionable value)”
How useful is this stuff compared to the storage space and memory needed to support it? There is only so much energy available and to waste it on something of no value defeats what you are trying to do.
You and I don’t look anything like a smartphone (at least not the last time I looked). But much like a smartphone we may have picked up some bloatware along the path of life. It wastes our resources, makes our purpose harder to realize and our goals exasperating to achieve.
So what can we do? First, identify it, whatever or whoever it is. Then ask the same questions, how much valuable energy do I waste holding on to it? Does my quality of life suffer from allowing it to be there?
Unlike the smartphone, good chance there is no YouTube video of how to uninstall your personal bloatware. But don’t let that stop you from taking the needed action. The uninstall may take some time, but that time and energy will be worth it.
It’s a new day, live it!
