iPad mini 4 Years Later as a Minimalist | Digital Minimalism — Transcript

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1. 0:02[music]
2. 0:05>> A couple weeks ago in my capsule tech
3. 0:07setup video, I mentioned I wanted to
4. 0:09make an updated iPad mini video because
5. 0:11even though I have done that many times,
6. 0:14it's been about 6 months or so and I do
7. 0:16feel like I have some more takes on why
8. 0:18this is the single best device to fit in
9. 0:21a minimalist lifestyle, at least in my
10. 0:23opinion.
11. 0:24I'm going to talk about how it fits into
12. 0:25my routine and my specific use cases and
13. 0:28I'm hoping to at least give a little
14. 0:29inspiration to those of you who
15. 0:31commented on that video and told me that
16. 0:33you do in fact have an iPad mini, but
17. 0:35don't really know what to use it for.
18. 0:36Here's why I think the iPad mini is the
19. 0:38perfect device for a minimalist.
20. 0:41But first, if you're new to my channel,
21. 0:42thank you for stopping by. Here we talk
22. 0:44about minimalism, frugal living, and
23. 0:45tech and things of that nature. So, if
24. 0:47that sounds good to you and you end up
25. 0:49liking the video, be sure to like and
26. 0:51please tell the subscribe button you'll
27. 0:53represent them in a trial by combat, but
28. 0:55then never show up.
29. 0:57Let's get started. The first thing is it
30. 0:59does mostly everything rather well.
31. 1:02I feel like this is the best point to
32. 1:03start out with because it really
33. 1:05encapsulates why my iPad mini is in fact
34. 1:08so useful for me. No, it's not the most
35. 1:09powerful device to game on and no, it
36. 1:11doesn't have the best camera out there,
37. 1:13but it's still sort of a Swiss Army
38. 1:15knife in my daily life because of the
39. 1:17things it does excel at. Handling the
40. 1:19things that I do pretty much every day
41. 1:21like reading and responding to emails or
42. 1:23having music or movies on while I'm
43. 1:25sitting at my desk at home or at work
44. 1:28and handling those things that I do on a
45. 1:29more weekly or even monthly basis like
46. 1:32writing or paying bills.
47. 1:34I actually don't even think I made an
48. 1:35update since this OS 26 came out. And
49. 1:38admittedly, I actually kind of hated it
50. 1:40at first, but it has grown on me and
51. 1:42being able to completely resize the
52. 1:44windows has been very convenient when I
53. 1:46need to multitask. And although on
54. 1:48paper, it's not the most powerful or
55. 1:50state-of-the-art iPad, I would make the
56. 1:52argument that for some of the reasons
57. 1:54I'm going to talk about here in a
58. 1:55second,
59. 1:55>> [music]
60. 1:56>> it really might be the most powerful in
61. 1:58a use case or practicality sense.
62. 2:01And to back that up is the next point on
63. 2:03this list is it's pretty much the
64. 2:05perfect size.
65. 2:06Not too long ago in a video I talked
66. 2:08about how it seems everything,
67. 2:09especially tech and electronics, are
68. 2:11just getting bigger with every release.
69. 2:14And yes, that offers things like better
70. 2:15batteries because they're bigger, but I
71. 2:17have yet to see where that's been a
72. 2:18really good thing for at least me
73. 2:20personally. I have to make the very bold
74. 2:22statement that I think the iPad Mini is
75. 2:24the single best electronic device I've
76. 2:26ever used as far as size and ergonomics
77. 2:29go. It fits perfectly into my small bag
78. 2:32and pretty much everywhere I've ever
79. 2:33decided to keep it.
80. 2:36And I don't know if this matters to
81. 2:37anybody, but if being inconspicuous is a
82. 2:39factor for you, this is where that small
83. 2:41form factor can shine the most.
84. 2:44If I had this thing in high school, I
85. 2:45would have never gotten anything done. I
86. 2:47still didn't get a lot done, but this
87. 2:48would have just made it way worse. I
88. 2:50would even go as far as to say is its
89. 2:52size has influenced how much I actually
90. 2:54use it because it's a huge reason why I
91. 2:56bring it with me daily in the first
92. 2:58place. Its size reinforces the idea that
93. 3:01I don't need the biggest or most
94. 3:02powerful option, just what fits my life.
95. 3:05>> [snorts]
96. 3:06>> It can replace multiple physical items.
97. 3:09I don't think I'm as extreme as I once
98. 3:11was when it just comes to owning as few
99. 3:13things as humanly possible in order to
100. 3:15feel like a minimalist. That being said,
101. 3:18the iPad Mini can absolutely replace
102. 3:20many physical things if I wanted to or
103. 3:22just [music] needed it to. If I really
104. 3:24felt that I need to, I could declutter
105. 3:26the journals that I used to write,
106. 3:28physical books to read, and my gaming
107. 3:30device, and just use the iPad Mini for
108. 3:32all these things, albeit with some
109. 3:34compromise.
110. 3:35I used to draw a lot in high school, and
111. 3:37the iPad Mini helped me rediscover that
112. 3:39love for drawing, and it just helped me
113. 3:41not have to commit to buying any sort of
114. 3:43supplies just to try it out to see if I
115. 3:45even wanted to do it again. I mean, yes,
116. 3:47I do have the Apple Pencil, but that
117. 3:49serves some other purposes as well.
118. 3:52More so in the early stages of
119. 3:53minimalism when I was more focused on
120. 3:55getting down to the lowest number of
121. 3:57items, I was just able to centralize
122. 3:59several hobbies and methods of
123. 4:00productivity into this one small device.
124. 4:03Not to mention, there are plenty of ways
125. 4:04to get free books, [music] movies,
126. 4:06shows, and games on here completely for
127. 4:08free. So, in a way, this could replace a
128. 4:10lot of physical media across a lot of
129. 4:12categories as well. Unless you're
130. 4:14someone who likes physical media.
131. 4:15Overall, in regards to living a
132. 4:16minimalist lifestyle, this can really
133. 4:18reduce as many things [music] in my
134. 4:20daily life as I allow it.
135. 4:25Perfect for creativity with low
136. 4:27commitment.
137. 4:29I just talked about how the iPad Mini
138. 4:30made me fall in love with drawing again,
139. 4:32but specifically as a minimalist, it
140. 4:34offers me the ability to sketch,
141. 4:36animate, and even edit pictures and
142. 4:37videos at a pretty intermediate level
143. 4:40without having to commit to buying any
144. 4:42additional products.
145. 4:44I don't personally edit videos here, but
146. 4:45you can literally just record videos
147. 4:48straight from the iPad's camera and
148. 4:50import it to iMovie, which is a free app
149. 4:52on here, and edit decent videos that
150. 4:55way. Editing pictures here is super
151. 4:57convenient because it feels about the
152. 4:59size of a photo you would have printed
153. 5:01and hanging on the wall anyways.
154. 5:03And where it shines the absolute
155. 5:05brightest, in my opinion, is when you
156. 5:07take advantage of Procreate. Genuinely
157. 5:09the best $10 I've ever spent in my
158. 5:11entire life. And I'll make my case known
159. 5:14right now in case I ever work with
160. 5:15Procreate. It is the single best iPad
161. 5:18app. I usually just make thumbnails on
162. 5:20here by adding text [music] and messing
163. 5:22around with colors. But I've seen people
164. 5:24who make full animated cartoons here.
165. 5:26And while Procreate's one of the many
166. 5:27apps you can use to sketch and draw,
167. 5:29there are plenty of other creative apps
168. 5:31where you can make things like comic
169. 5:32strips and cartoons. [music]
170. 5:34I think a really popular one is called
171. 5:35Toon Squid. To me, Regular Show is one
172. 5:37of the best cartoons ever made and I
173. 5:40wanted to make a cartoon like that one
174. 5:41day. So, I was looking into apps.
175. 5:43Essentially, I think no matter what
176. 5:45level of artist you are, and especially
177. 5:47if you're a beginner, this at the very
178. 5:49least aligns with minimalist
179. 5:50decision-making [music] because if you
180. 5:52want to eventually commit and invest
181. 5:54into a hobby, you can at least try it a
182. 5:56little bit here on this iPad.
183. 5:58And it means that decision will just be
184. 6:00a little bit more intentional now.
185. 6:03It lowers the pressure to upgrade.
186. 6:06Now, I know this video praising the iPad
187. 6:07Mini in itself can create a sense of
188. 6:10FOMO or fear of missing out, but I
189. 6:12really didn't even think about this up
190. 6:13until 4 years of owning this iPad. And
191. 6:16being someone who used to heavily fall
192. 6:18for the hype of new products, I never
193. 6:20felt the need to upgrade or replace this
194. 6:22iPad because of how versatile and
195. 6:24capable it is. Of course, resisting the
196. 6:26urge to upgrade tech is more of a case
197. 6:28of willpower and intentionality, but it
198. 6:31absolutely helps when what you already
199. 6:32have does everything you need it to.
200. 6:35Ultimately, living as a minimalist just
201. 6:37means there's more intention behind
202. 6:38these purchasing decisions, especially
203. 6:40expensive ones like electronics. And the
204. 6:42purchases that I do make, well, I just
205. 6:45don't want to be able to see the end of
206. 6:46ownership with them, at least anywhere
207. 6:48in the near future. In the end, I simply
208. 6:50think everyone's version of minimalism
209. 6:52will look vastly different. And if there
210. 6:55ever was a point where minimalism was a
211. 6:57contest about getting to as few number
212. 7:00of items as possible, well, we're just
213. 7:02way past that, and I think it's evolved
214. 7:03quite a bit.
215. 7:05These are just a few of the reasons why
216. 7:06I think iPad Mini is still perfect for a
217. 7:09minimalist or even someone who just
218. 7:11wants to at least minimize their tech
219. 7:13space. I hope you found some value in
220. 7:14the things that I talked about here
221. 7:16today. Let me know some of your specific
222. 7:17iPad Mini use cases if you have any.
223. 7:20Anyways, as always, I appreciate the
224. 7:22time you spend here, and I appreciate
225. 7:23you watching. If you did like this video
226. 7:25and you like this type of content, be
227. 7:27sure to like and consider subscribing to
228. 7:29my channel,
229. 7:30and I'll see you next time.
230. 7:32>> [music]
231. 7:39[music]