Last night, I cancelled my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. It took me a while to actually pull the trigger and do it. For months, I’ve been holding on to the hope that I’ll start using the suite again to edit pictures and videos. Then, I start convincing myself that I’d start using it in the near future. Finally, I admitted to myself that I’m no longer using it and likely won’t be for a while.
My reluctance to cancelling the subscription was entirely emotional. I know that I was spending money on something I wasn’t really using and that there are free alternatives that’ll do most of what I want to do. I was considering purchasing Apple’s Pro Bundle, with Final Cut Pro and Logic, as a replacement, to ease my sense of loss. I haven’t given in to that pressure yet.
There are so many things that I want to be doing that I simply am not. I don’t have enough time to learn all the things that I want to in order to do the things that pique my interest. My hopes for a regularly updated YouTube channel have been quelled. I don’t take any fancy photos of the products I make. The photos I do edit, usually start and end with the “magic” button.
When I started thinking about resolutions for the new year, it occurred to me that perhaps the goal should be to do less. Removing things, like subscriptions, clothes, and toys, might slowly start to reveal what it is that I’m unconsciously choosing to prioritize. The novelty of things will have to start playing less of a roll in their value to me.
The risk of cancelling the subscription is low. If need be, I can always resubscribe and continue on. To help ease the transition, I’m using iA Writer to type up this post instead of Word, like I usually do. I needed to do something different to scratch the itch.
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