As the year closes,you should never forget to reward yourself for all the things that you accomplished this year. Whether it’s a new gadget, clothes, or even a house or a car, the last days of this year are a great time to treat yourself after a year’s worth of sweat, blood, and tears. It’s a great time to be thankful for a lot of things that happened. Giving yourself that reward as the year ends will surely give you a reason to look forward for the next one. But along with you, your phone has worked equally hard. It has been taking care a lot of tasks in our daily routines, like messages from our boss and workmates, reminders, and even apps, which relieve us from the stress of our everyday jobs. Our phones have been working hard as we are, and like us, we think they also deserve a treat. We always take care of our external (physical) and internal (mental, emotional, even spiritual) health, and rewarding ourselves as the year ends would almost always involve both of them. And just like our bodies, our phones also need external and internal checkup, maintenance, and a reward. Maybe a lot of data have piled up in our phones, causing them to perform more slowly as compared to the time we got our hands on them. Messages have piled up, cached data from applications have left unchecked, and unnecessary pictures and videos have stuck up in our memory cards. Or maybe our phones need a new screen protector, or a new external case because it has worn out from its daily work. We believe that maintaining both the external and internal features of our phones not only increase their lifetime, but also will be beneficial to you because they would be useful for you for the years to come. Here are some ways to treat your phone as this year ends: Delete unnecessary messages: Messages in your inbox, when left unchecked, can clutter your phone, pile up free data space and cause your phone to slow down. This is the perfect time to sit down and delete these cluttering messages in your phone. It will free up some space and restore some performance in it. Checking your inbox for past messages can also be a great time to remember a lot of things that you’ve done in the year. Uninstall unused applications: It’s a tendency for new smartphone users to download a lot of apps and forget to delete them. This is forgivable since it’s amazing how many apps that our phones can have. But if you want to regain some space, delete those apps that you didn’t use anymore. While you’re at it, you can organize the apps that you want to keep. This will help in decluttering your phone. Delete cookies and temporary files: These are stuff that gets saved in your phone as you browse the Internet. You can manually delete these by manually going to your browser’s settings and deleting them, or download applications that do so. Buy a new screen protector and other accessories: Although not really necessary (unless your phone has really worn out), having a new screen protector and phone cases would really be a great treat for your phone. It would look like it’s new, even though you have it for some time. Our wide array of phone cases would just be the best thing that your phone should have. The purpose of rewarding ourselves is for us to be refreshed and be prepared for the coming year. And by doing these to our smartphones, they would be like new this 2016, ready to help us in our everyday lives. Besides, if our phones can talk to us, they’ll be grateful for the treatment that we will give them. Have a Prosperous New Year! Photo credits: Pixabay