Organizing All the Files in Your Computer
Today, we will take a break from scrubbing and cleaning and clean out and declutter your virtual space – your computer.
We’ve all been at the place where we let things get really out of order on our desks or laptops. And because we use our computers daily, we may not notice how disorderly they have become until we need to find a specific file and spend a LOT of time searching for it. That’s why we will grab our favorite drink today, sit at the computer, and tackle our digital clutter.
Doing this digital decluttering and organizing session will improve your computer productivity forever. Talk about a great return on investment!
How To Organize Your Computer
Let’s get after it!
- Start by choosing a way to organize your folders that make the most sense. A few options are to organize by subject matter, client, family member, activities, and season – it’s really up to you as long as you have a system.
- We like to organize our photos by Year > Month, and we tag them with people’s names and location.
- For my business, I organize documents and images in two separate folders. In the document folder, I will have a sub-folder named Blog > Year > Blog Posts, and in the images folder, I’ll have the same structure but only for the images.
- Once you decide on a folder structure, create master and subcategory folders for all your files.
- Start by cleaning up and giving a home to all loose and homeless files.
- Next, review the files you created and organize them. If you have the time, add tags to locate what you want on searches quickly.
- Now, head to the internet and repeat the same process, and organize your bookmarks and reading lists that you have saved online.
- Next is a big one: email. This can be a tremendous task, but it makes a huge difference once it is finished. Go through your email, delete read emails you don’t need anymore, and create organized folders.
- Finally, make a list of all of your passwords and usernames for websites and profiles. You can do this on paper or digitally with a password app like LastPass.
- How good does that feel? You will notice a big difference in the time you spend at your computer now that it is decluttered and organized.
Organizing Planners
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