Everything New

I had Wednesday off and decided to make it my personal refresh day. Shaved, cleaned the apartment, then completely nuked my Mac—deleted everything without backing anything up and reinstalled OS X from scratch. First time I’d ever done that. It felt genuinely thrilling in a way I didn’t expect.

When it came back online it was fast again. Like opening it for the first time. Picked up a Logitech mouse with a scroll wheel, installed just the applications I actually used, and got rid of everything else. Safari was enough. The speed was shocking after spending so long in digital clutter.

iTunes went next. Deleted the whole library. All those songs I wasn’t listening to anymore felt like deadweight. I’d find new music eventually, but there was no point dragging the old stuff with me. A blank slate felt right.

There’s something good about resetting like that—standing in front of nothing and deciding what comes next. No legacy burden, no previous decisions to undo. Just space. Once you start accumulating things again you never quite get that feeling back.