The digital photo equivalent of [email bankruptcy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_bankruptcy), wherein due to a seemingly insurmountable number of photos requiring sorting, purging, editing, captioning, and/or posting, the user simply gives up on the commitment to do much of any of it. This is especially common after long trips when one returns home with countless photos and a large backlog of work and other tasks that require attention. As time passes, the motivation to complete these trip-related tasks diminishes, especially if they aren't completed prior to the subsequent trip, or if the traveler had posted some photos to social media during the trip itself. Photo bankruptcy generally results in [[Digital memories can be lost in clutter|memories being obscured]] or outright forgotten amongst the digital clutter. ## Avoiding photo bankruptcy There are several ways you can protect against photo bankruptcy: - Schedule time to complete these tasks *before* returning back to work or "normal life," so that you get it done before being overwhelmed by other things in your life. - Adopt a "good enough" philosophy, decreasing the general commitment you make to yourself for processing your trip photos. The idea here is to lessen the mental friction to get the task done to, say 80% of your ideal level, as opposed to postponing it indefinitely because you can't reach the 100% you'd like. You can always go back and do more in the future. - Remembering that completing these tasks is an important part of the [[Compounding value of memories|overall value]] of your trip, and is [[An investment in Future You]].