--- title: 'What''s on My Phone as a Digital Minimalist' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=hA_Kw8Dms4M' video_id: 'hA_Kw8Dms4M' date: 2026-07-28 duration_sec: 635 --- # What's on My Phone as a Digital Minimalist > Source: [What's on My Phone as a Digital Minimalist](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hA_Kw8Dms4M) ## Summary In this video, the creator shares their digital minimalist phone setup on an iPhone 13 mini, highlighting apps and practices that reduce clutter and increase intentional use. They emphasize simplicity, biometric tracking, and avoiding addictive social media. ### Key Points - **Digital Minimalist Phone Setup** [00:00] — The creator shows their iPhone 13 mini, chosen for its small screen, which discourages streaming and encourages practical use. - **Dock and Notes System** [01:10] — The dock includes simple apps; notes are organized using a system of jotting down ideas, which the creator has used for years. - **Walletless via Apple Pay and Service NSW** [01:57] — Uses Apple Pay for payments and Service NSW app for digital ID, eliminating the need for a physical wallet. - **Alarm App Organization** [02:25] — Jokes about two types of people: those with tidy alarms and psychopaths; shows a cleanly organized alarm screen. - **Calm App for Relaxation** [03:53] — Uses Calm app for rain sounds and sleep music, including tracks like Casey Musgrave's Golden Hour. - **Biometric Data Tracking** [05:21] — Tracks heart rate, sleep, weight, and body fat to see how they change over time; uses Daylio for mood journaling. - **Work Apps: Notion and Asana** [06:56] — Notion for courses/content; Asana for team task management, allowing collaboration across multiple projects. - **Filmmaking and Sun Tracker Apps** [08:08] — Arc II app for slider camera movement; Sun Tracker AR to find ideal natural light for house viewing. - **Minimal Social Media** [09:18] — Removed Facebook and TikTok; only uses Reddit occasionally; avoids zombie scrolling by limiting app usage. ### Conclusion The creator's digital minimalism focuses on intentional app usage, tracking health metrics, and eliminating distractions, resulting in a simplified phone experience. ## Transcript than at any other point over the past decade, into my digital minimalist phone setup what hasn't and how I try to use these tools Emphasis on the word try. More about how I built my new website with them in a minute. I have an iPhone 13 mini, So unpopular that they've actually While it might not be a crowd favorite, I've never been a fan of the ever-growing sizes and when the mini option became available, I was stoked. I can reach my thumb all the way across the screen Even better, a smaller screen means I rarely use it to stream shows, watch videos I think the bigger that my screen would become, Now instead, I mostly use it as a practical tool. starting with the dock at the bottom. I like it because of its simplicity. and create other tasks for things like books. for my personal tasks as I've moved that I'll talk about in a minute. Whenever I come up with an idea, I'll jot it down I've been using this system of organizing my notes for years and so if it's not broken, I'm not gonna fix it. thanks to the next two apps. so I can pay for nearly everything I need to and right next to it is an app called Service NSW. that allows me to store a digital version So now that I don't need my credit cards, I don't need to bring my wallet with me, So there are really two different types Those that keep their alarm app tidy and psychopaths. As you can see, this is my phone, beautifully organized She is a psychopath. you may have seen a video that I recently made about that, to remind myself of meetings and phone calls. and hey, would you look at that? I mean, what are the chances? is that they make it really easy to build beautiful websites I mean, this website is a work of art. long before they were a sponsor for my channel, They've got hundreds of professionally You can buy your domain name directly on their platform It's really user friendly, so no need to deal which is great because I'm terrible at it. which you can join with this built-in form. It can help you land a better job, build an audience Start your free trial today at squarespace.com to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. you're also supporting this channel, I've started using the Calm app quite a bit over the past couple of years and I really love it. Nat and I actually turn on rain sounds has a really great one that works for us. like Casey Musgrave's Golden Hour The tracks go on for an hour plus I've also been known to fall asleep - Ah, you gotta stay relaxed. You can see some of the music I've been listening to lately. and of course, the lofi beats playlist here. check emails and do other work related tasks. across a couple apps here, Messages, WhatsApp, I really love the Phillips Hue light bulbs. but the light bulbs themselves are awesome. and they help me dial in the perfect intensity and color. when winding down to go to bed. I've recently started to track a lot of my biometric data. my heart rate and my sleep. to track my weight and body fat percentage all of this data into an organized layout. My steps could definitely be improved I started to track as much of my biometric data as possible One of the main ones was that since I do to see how my biometric data changes and so I wanna see how my sleep changes and how my weight changes and all those things in between and I also just want to see what tracking alone does. over the course of, say, a year, or will it generally stay the same? via this app called Daylio. I think about my day, jot down a few notes about how it went I've been keeping this up for a while now I think it's gonna be a really fun video. to see more about how all of this tracking is going for me The next two apps are for work, to help me with my courses and content and so I had to really think hard across three different countries. Tons of organizations use it and many of you We've got a number of different channels from our YouTube course to snail mail newsletters My business definitely wouldn't be as effective without it. and this is where I have moved all of my work tasks to. So I moved from a personal to-do list to Asana, Everything that I do impacts other people on the team, and sub-tasks, everyone can see what I'm doing, It allows us to collaborate and communicate together towards specific projects. of the apps on my phone, This is definitely an essential app that I want to keep a record of, it automatically cleans up the image Arc II is a filmmaking app that I use for my slider, where the camera is moving while I'm on camera, as well as my Rhino Arc II slider. for filmmakers, but it's pretty cool. tap start on my app and grab the shot that I need Since I almost always film by myself, One tool that I found that was really helpful was the Sun Tracker AR app. Since natural sunlight was super important for us, When we were at an open house, we would open up this app from sunrise to sunset. that I have on my phone are the ones that I don't have, I haven't used Facebook in years. more than 30 minutes browsing TikTok. so I've almost completely cut it out of my life. In the past, I've had YouTube, Netflix and I do download them when I travel, and only stream on our TV or one of our laptops. If there was one app that I spend the most time on, These days, you might find me browsing Reddit a couple hours every day in zombie mode, And that's how I keep my phone as simple as possible. I don't often experiment with new apps, that I should really try out that's helped you a lot, and see if it's worth adding to my very small list of apps on my phone. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.