Being nostalgic with tools

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Summary

Nostalgia makes it hard to let go of tools. But I switched from Webflow to Ghost after realising Webflow wasn’t scaling and was bloated for what I needed. Moving made my life easier and got rid of three tools. Stop being nostalgic about your software and ask if it’s wasting your time, then add or remove tools to make things simpler.

Raw

Nostalgia is a mofo. Let’s try not to swear. It really is. I suffer from nostalgia or nostalgic things, and I constantly think about the things I have. So I find letting go of things hard. I just do. I’m not a hoarder, but because I do try to get rid of stuff. but I’m very emotional to the things that I have and use and so on.

Today was the day I switched off or cancelled my hosting with my last host, which was Webflow. And it felt really weird. It felt like cutting off a finger in a way. I know it sounds really silly. But because of that nostalgic feeling I get for the things that I’m attached to, I have that kind of feeling.

So I’ve been with Webflow for five years, but I got to a stage probably about a year ago where I realised that it wasn’t scaling the way I wanted to scale. It wasn’t as simple as it used to be. Now, I will still recommend Webflow because it’s great for specific projects. But for what I was doing, it was a bit bloated and it wasn’t necessary.

Now the new host, which is Ghost, I’m really happy with. I’ve used it for about a week and a half, but I’ve known about it for about a year and a half, two years. But I never thought about moving it over because there were some features that weren’t quite right for me. But I moved, and the fact that I didn’t want to move to anything else was the fact that I was really happy with Webflow, even though it was annoying.

Now, coming to you and how you use your tools and the software and SaaS companies, whatever, that you use, you’ve got to stop feeling nostalgic about that tool. Because just because you’re using it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best thing for you at that moment. As I said, I would still recommend Webflow and I would still recommend specific tools even though I’m not using them, but they’re just not right for me.

And if the tool isn’t right for you and you’re constantly using it, you’re probably missing out on lots of, lots and lots of stuff. I mean, the move to Ghost, I gained lots of new features, even though that’s not the reason I moved over. The reason I moved over was because I wanted to make life easier for myself. And I effectively got rid of three tools with Webflow other things, moved over to Ghost and now I have one tool. So it just makes my life easier and I have more time to do whatever I want to do.

So again, going back to you, talking about me again, going back to you and your tools, you’ve got to figure out, is this tool wasting my time? That’s effectively the question. Is it wasting my time? Could I make my workflow the things that I’m doing much quicker. Are there keyboard shortcuts? Are there other tools that can actually complement, like Text Expander, for instance? You’re adding another tool, but with Text Expander, I’ve saved hours per year, and it’s just worth its weight in gold, as it were.

So have a look through your tool set and see what you can get rid of, what you can add, and things you can, you know, optimise. Anyway, keep it simple. Have a great day, and I’ll see you in the next one. And don’t forget to comment below because there is a new commenting system, and I’d like to get some conversations going. That would be awesome. Have a great day. Ciao.