Is Your Computer Organized?
We pay a lot of attention to our work area, buying file cabinets, cute little baskets for mail and the like. How much attention do you pay to your virtual desktop?
If you are anything like me, you probably have a myriad of file folders and a mess of files on your computer. I can spend up to five or ten minutes looking for a specific file, sometimes! This is quite the waste of time, considering that I could write at least one review and sell it in that amount of time!
Having an organized computer takes a bit of effort, especially to start off with, but once you are in the habit, you will save hours of time every year. Not to mention the drop in frustration levels when you are able to find what you want in seconds!
Here are a few tips to getting and keeping your desktop organized:
- Regularly delete files that you don’t need, don’t let them build up to a critical mass.
- Create two separate main file folders, one for personal files, the other for work-related items.
- Consider investing in an organizational program that helps you maintain order on your desktop.
- Create several well-marked file folders within your main areas. These might include “budget”, “kids”, “recipes”, etc.
- Be sure to label files clearly. You shouldn’t have anything called “TRK22012″ or remotely as indecipherable on your computer! Imagine if your husband had to find a file and name it clearly.
- Don’t store several things in one file. For example, if you downloaded several parenting articles off the internet, don’t leave them all in one Word document, since you will never remember which one is where. Separate them and name them clearly.
Some of us are hopelessly unorganized, but at least we can make the effort! 
Good luck!
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