Starting With Digital Minimalism
We all want a more peaceful life. Less stress, less clutter. The minimalists out there say the way there is through less stuff and more intention. There are Instagram feeds and Facebook groups devoted to decluttering your kitchen, your closet, any part of your house. But in a world full of tech and information streams and social media, what does digital minimalism look like?
How To Clear Your Digital Desktop
Regardless of whether you are working at home or in an office, we all have a desk of sorts. It might be the dining room table or a dedicated desk in your private office. When it’s clean, work is easier. You can find what you need quickly and the things that need your attention are front and center. All things that can lead to increased productivity.
App Review: Microsoft To Do
Microsoft To Do is a to do list and task management app. It’s valuable in that it gives you one place to track all your responsibilities. An organized to do list keeps things manageable and you focused on what’s important. All that leads to greater peace of mind.
App Review: Sortd.
Sortd is a Google skin that you ‘lay over’ your existing Gmail or Google Workspace email. Instead of seeing your email in the traditional fashion, Sortd allows you to set up various columns to turn your emails into To Do’s.
Reason 11 to Keep Your Email Organized
Texas is in a deep freeze this week. For me that means a frozen swimming pool, frozen pipes, and rolling blackouts. This is when having my email organized becomes an asset. Instead of spending my precious time sorting and searching through emails for that one message, I can go right to what I need to work on.
Do you have a digital storage unit?
For those of us in the digital world, external hard drives and extra USB keys full of old documents equate to a packed storage unit. It might be time to review and weed, then purge the files you no longer need.
4 Things To Do Before 2021
There’s always a big push to get organized at the beginning of the new year – how many times have you put ‘get organized’ on your resolution list – but why not start now? Here are four things you can do now to start 2021 off on the right foot!
Comparing Apples to Apples
When you’re making decisions about which online document sync service to go with, here are some questions you want to ask yourself.
4 Things to Know About Protecting Your Documents
If you’ve been hanging around with me for any amount of time, you’ve heard me talk about the importance of backing up your documents. So what can you do to protect yourself? Here are four things to know when it comes to protecting your documents.
Well of Lost Files
Can you relate to this cartoon? ;) I love the way it tells a visual story of how many files can add up on our computers over time.
It’s 10 pm, do you know where your documents are?
One of the first steps in organizing is figuring out where everything lives. For some people, it’s an easy question to answer – all their documents live on their computer. But for others, the question is more complex.
4 Steps to Organized Files
Check out my Four Steps to Organized Files! All you need is 10 – 15 minutes a day to tackle all of your folders and files, and before you know it, you’re on your way to a better organized system that allows you to be more productive!
Computer Cleanup Challenge: Bookmarks
This week’s topic for the Computer Cleanup Challenge is: Bookmarks. Bookmarks are a great tool for cataloging important websites and revisiting information, but it’s important to update them and create an organizational system that works for you! Here’s how…
Computer Cleanup Challenge: Desktop Files and Downloads Folder
This week’s topic for f Computer Cleanup Challenge is: Desktop Files and Downloads Folder. These are the two most commonly used places for storing files on the go. The problem is… we don’t always declutter as we go. Here are some tips to stay organized on your desktop and in your downloads folder!
Computer Cleanup Challenge: Email
This week’s topic for f Computer Cleanup Challenge is: Email. Everyone’s favorite subject! ;) Read more about how to not only clean up your inbox, but keep it that way!
Computer Cleanup Challenge: Contacts
This week’s topic for our Computer Cleanup Challenge is: Contacts. Read more about some of my go-to pieces of advice for keeping your contacts organized and protected.
Download and Delete
A regular cleaning of this folder will help free up space on your computer, but it will also make it easier to find new things you download – saving you time!
App Review: Airtable
Airtable has been called a spreadsheet on steroids. It is a hybrid spreadsheet and database tool that provides you a place to store and organize your data. Airtable allows you to make relational databases – pulling information from one database into another without having to open the first. It’s a powerful way to manage your information.
What’s your excuse for postponing updates?
Here’s a fun cartoon that poses a question we all toil with.