My Phone Storage Is Full Again... But I Don't Remember Taking 4,000 Screenshots

You open your camera roll expecting cute pet pics. Instead: 4,000 screenshots of tweets you never showed anyone and three blurry photos of your ceiling fan. Where did 18 GB go? Into the screenshot hole.

• There are six screenshots of the same coupon that already expired.
• Half your storage is just "temporary" saves from last year.
• The cloud keeps asking for more money and you keep saying "maybe later."

You promise to read that article later, so you screenshot it. You promise to remember that recipe, so you screenshot it. Your friend sends an address, you screenshot it, then still ask for it again. Screenshots are our modern "I'll deal with this soon" box.

• You screenshot a shopping cart instead of adding to wishlists.
• You have a folder of "inspo" you never looked at twice.
• You screenshot a QR code and then forget where you saved it.

You start deleting: one meme, two memes, okay that one is funny so you keep it, and suddenly an hour passed. Now there are 3,998 screenshots. Progress?

• You keep the blurry meme because the caption made you snort once.
• You delete five photos and your phone says you freed 0.0001 GB.
• You swear you'll make albums. You won't.

Make a screenshot folder called "sort soon." Move everything there. Never sort it. Tell your phone assistant to remind you monthly. Snooze every reminder. Repeat until you buy more storage or a new phone. Whichever comes first.

• Step 1: Rename "sort soon" to "sort later."
• Step 2: Laugh when the phone suggests deleting duplicates.
• Step 3: Take a screenshot of these steps for later.