digital crow and shiny tech

Lately, I've received a number of emails warning me that old "digital" accounts are in danger of being deleted. If you are more disciplined than I am, you might be thinking this is some kind of phishing scam. However, I believe most of these are legitimate, and the result of a past addiction to new technology. With regard to digital tools, I used to be like a crow with shiny objects. If it caught my attention, and it was free for the taking, I was going to sign up. Email accounts. Cloud storage. Digital notebooks. Photography apps. Social media. Productivity (Yikes! I went down every productivity rabbit hole that existed). I'd keep all these new accounts until I became bored, or overwhelmed, or the shine wore off. Then it was on to the next "latest and greatest" app or website. A responsible person, would have deleted the unwanted accounts. Repeat. A responsible person. But, not this digital crow. I just continued to collect and left the digital clutter out in the nether-reaches of…