1.
The first huge area where declutter can be
highly beneficial is your email.
Whether you are a student, you work or run
your own business, clearing your e-mail out
of all the useless junk you accumulate will
clear your workspace.
The first thing I recommend is unsubscribing
once and for all to more than 90% of your
commercial e-mail subscriptions.
These are those e-mails that you click and
delete or mark as read as soon as you receive
them.
There are a couple of third party services
out there that do this job for you, such as
unroll.me or unsubscriber.
I will link those websites down below.
2.
Work towards a clean desktop.
I like to think of the desktop as a good system
to tackle priority tasks and visualize through
a few important files what you have to accomplish,
and when.
Because of that, I try as much as I can to
keep a clean desktop and then keep a few files
I need to work on, right now.
Those files are then color coded by degree
of urgency or completion – red for important
files that need to be tackled as soon as I
am able to, orange for files I am currently
working on and green for files that have been
completed and need revision or submission
through e-mail.
Besides those, I simply organize the remaining
files and folders on the file management system.
3.
Only select the most important apps to keep
in your dock.
I especially prefer to keep only productivity
and work-related apps and I will just spotlight
search any games or other entertainment apps.
I feel that doing that blocks that automatic
incitement to play whenever I login to my
mac just because I have that Steam icon in
my dock.
The only entertainment app I am currently
keeping in the dock is Spotify, as I prefer
to listen to music while I am working.
Besides that, I keep the two Microsoft Office
apps I use the most, my calendar, safari,
editing apps for YouTube, my finance management
app and Evernote.
4.
Regarding file management, I like to rely
on cloud services or a good old hard drive
to store any files that I want to keep but
are not important for my work, such as photos,
old videos, completed school work, backups
of receipts and personal documents.
That allows me to create a good barrier between
any completed work that can be put aside and
those files that are effectively being used
on a day-to-day basis.
It simplifies all the future management of
information of my computer, reduces a ton
of clutter in storage and makes navigating
through documents an easier task.
5.
Finally, I cannot help but mention the importance
of minimizing the number of apps you are currently
working with.
I love to experiment with new apps by using
a subscription service like Setapp, but I
also hate to accumulate apps with the same
purpose.
Regarding word processing, for instance, I
still prefer to use Microsoft Word so that
is the only word processing app I currently
have installed.
I am also using BusyCal to do all of my calendar
work for now, so I deleted Fantastical and
instaCal, since they were not serving any
purpose beyond occupying storage space.
Be mindful when selecting the best instruments
for your work and don’t think twice before
deleting, as you can probably access those
same apps in the app store if you need them
later on.
I hope you have enjoyed today’s top five
tips to declutter your digital space!
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Bye!
