the inverse of "make sure you have working backups of what's important" is "give yourself permission to delete digital detritus that no longer has any value to your life"
you do not need every email you've received for the last decade.
you do not need three copies of every photo you've ever taken with your phone.
you do not need the downloads folder for each of your previous twelve laptops.
you can delete some stuff.
@djsundog Here is a post I wrote for my day job a while back. I have done this on every Mac and Linux computer I have used for the last 8 years. It solves the problem of having a Downloads directory full of 10% mission critical can't lose stuff and 90% garbage that you are inexplicably saving.
https://developer.servicenow.com/blog.do?p=/post/ot-transient-mac-directory/
@geniodiabolico @djsundog on Linux you could use /tmp as tmpfs, no need for cron
