They are reminders of ideas you pretend you’ll keep for another time. Here’s a good rule of thumb I live by as a writer – never keep notes for ideas.
For personal items, keep tax returns and ditch the photos of people who are no longer in your life. Keep files that you’ll really need – such as current work, work you want to keep for your portfolio, and any client records that you’re legally required to protect. Okay, maybe not all files spark “joy,” but not all are necessary – stop making promises to yourself. So, what to do? Do just as Marie Kondo asks and determine if these assets spark joy. We’re holding on to past work for previous clients, drafts of projects that never came to fruition, JPEGs by the tens of thousands for garbage pictures we’re never going to edit, extremely old expense reports, abandoned Keynote presentations, and bookmarks by the million for sites we think we’ll be revisiting. Loose Word docs (Who the eff uses Word docs?!), random screenshots of closed-captioned scenes from Law & Order: SVU, screen grabs of Tweets I want to reference (For what? For whom?), and PDFs storing confirmation emails for things I’ve received long ago.īottom line, I’m hoarding digital garbage and it’s stressing me out. However, my Mac’s desktop is another story. How can you keep your space so empty? Don’t you have any pictures of dogs or loved ones? Does anyone love you? For me, an empty desk is like a primed, blank canvas it’s the optimal space for discovery and imagination. When I’ve worked in offices, teammates have marveled at my non-commitment to my workspace.
However, just as too much clutter can cloud our personal lives and leave us feeling overwhelmed and stressed out, so can clutter in our workspaces. Geniuses have messy workspaces! There’s a method to the madness ( or maybe not)! We get it, workspaces are sacrosanct – they can be messy for a reason. So, while you’ve been throwing out t-shirts you’ve had since high school and chucking college tchotchkes, you’ve probably neglected to tackle your workspace. It’s remarkable that many of us just needed the push to pay our respects to our old things to finally let them go. She’s fully turned our lives upside down and inside out and she’s shaking every last piece of hoarded junk from our clammy, nervous, fear-of-needing-it-later grasp.īased loosely on the idea that if the things you possess no longer spark joy, thank them for their service and drop them off at the nearest Goodwill. #GmailSnoozeīy now, there’s no avoiding Marie Kondo and her magical art of tidying up.
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Have you tried Snooze yet? What do you think? Google has been working to improve their Inbox features and I think Snooze is my favorite update so far. Even if you aren’t forgetful, this is a useful tool to follow up with client on a specific day/time, set goals, and generally keep a check (or double-check) on your appointments. Snoozing a business meeting email to an hour before, could save you a considerable amount of aggravation and embarrassment if you’re prone to losing email messages. This is a great set-it-and-forget-it alternative to some of the apps on the market doing the same thing. This works for package tracking updates, restaurant and event reservations, calendar invites, flight confirmation, rental car reservations, and anything else that needs to be remembered at a specific time or date. If you snooze it to the day you need to check-in, it’ll pop up at the top your email at the right time saving you time and stress looking for it. You know that hotel confirmation you can’t find anywhere? Snooze lives right inside your Gmail inbox and helps you “snooze” your emails that contain dates and times to a more convenient date. It’s not just for the absent-minded either. Google has recently introduced a new feature that takes care of this issue: Snooze. Sure, there are plugins and extensions that will do this for you, but it’s not the same as having something native, within your email program. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a reminder without leaving your inbox? Google introduces Snooze for Gmail, yay! This is where the sticky notes and apps come in to play. If I leave these in my inbox, I’m bound to forget them. Read also: Ugly Email – see which emails are being tracked before you open them
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