Organize your digital life (clutter, de-clutter, declutter)

Name: Organize your digital life (clutter, de-clutter, declutter)
Rating: 4.3 (80 reviews)

Find your stuff; Have peace of mind; Save time; Be in control; Be secure; Be produtive; Get organised; Enjoy your photos

Created byRachel Papworth

Last updated 8/2022

English

What you'll learn

How to get to - and stay at - inbox zero
How to organise your data
How to declutter and organise your computer desktop
How to organise digital photos
How to manage notes and bookmarks
How to minimise distractions (notifications, pop-ups)
Disposing of old technology (without losing data or putting it at risk)
What to delete to free up storage
Data security
Securing your digital legacy - what will happen to your data after you pass away?

Course content

12 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 18m total length

Welcome and walk through3:38
A walk through the entire course, including:
How to tame the email dragon
How to organise your data
How to organise digital photos
Decluttering and organising your computer desktop
Notes and bookmarks
Minimising distractions (notifications and pop-ups)
Disposing of old technology - safely and without losing anything
What to delete to free up storage
Data security
Your digital legacy - your data after you pass away.

Email inbox - tame the email dragon and be the boss of your inbox9:03
Tame the email dragon! Get to and stay at Inbox Zero - painlessly and quickly and WITHOUT deleting anything you might need.
Multiple email accounts? Time to rationalise1:04
Have you got several email accounts?
Maybe you set up a new account in an attempt to get away from the overload - only to find you'd compounded the problem.
This lecture shows you how to get back to a single account - without losing anything important OR getting overwhelmed by the influx of email.

How to be organised - from now!1:09
Get organised right now! Are you so overwhelmed by the amount of data you've got to organise that you don't know how to get started? Here's how to overcome that problem.
Decide on your main storage space1:23
Is your data all over the place? Do you waste time searching your phone and various accounts online because you don't know where stuff is? Have you got unlabelled CD-Roms that contain who knows what?
Here's what to do about that.
How to structure (sort) your data4:37
Have you got all your files in one folder that you have to search for ages to find anything? Here's how to create a sensible structure to sort your documents.
Naming files and folders0:52
Use the name of your file or folder to make the content easy to identify - but don't get carried away!
Shortcuts/Aliases - what to do if a file could go in more than one place3:04
Use shortcuts/aliases to access files and folders from multiple places on your device - to make your files and folders easy to find and access, without creating duplicates.
Tagging - how to make your data ultra-searchable2:24
Learn how to use tags and metadata to make it easy to search your stuff, and find anything you're looking for.
How to stay organised2:02
How to STAY organised once you're data's sorted - AND how to BE organised from now on even if you haven't yet organised the backlog.

Fear of missing out (FOMO)0:56
Don't be ruled by FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).
Managing notifications3:04
Who's in charge? You or your phone? (Hint: if it's not you - watch this lecture!)
How to stop social media and email taking over your life3:06
Break the pull of social media and email - while STILL staying in touch.
How to avoid WhatsApp overwhelm1:57
How to control WhatsApp messages - so you can get on with your life!
Beat those pesky pop-ups2:19
What should you do when a popup appears? How can you stop them distracting you?
Flight Mode and Do Not Disturb1:38
Use the nuclear options to prevent interruptions

Requirements

You need basic IT ability For example, you know what files and folders are, and how to create, save, rename, move, copy and delete them.

Description

Are you overwhelmed with digital clutter?

Do you know where your photos, music and documents are?

Are you running out of storage on your phone and frustrated by how slow your computer runs?

Is your email inbox backed up with thousands of unread emails?

Should you use an automated password manager?

How can you make sure your data is safe from theft, fire, flood, corruption, viruses and hackers?

What will happen to your data after you pass away?

How can you get rid of old phones etc safely? What if they might have photos or contacts on them but you've forgotten the password so you can't get into them?

Are you struggling to keep up?

This course solves all those problems and more.

Be the boss of your technology - for peace of mind and productivity.

Who this course is for:

You're overwhelmed with digital clutter
The organisation principles and techniques described in this course apply to all computer systems (though screenshots show how things look on Windows 7)
This is NOT about how to do it in specific software - it IS about what you need to do (you can Google how to do it in your software/on your device)

Organize your digital life (clutter, de-clutter, declutter)

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 4min

Sort out your email2 lectures • 10min

Organising your data and keeping it that way7 lectures • 16min

How to organise your photos1 lecture • 5min

Why bother? Can't I just use search instead?2 lectures • 5min

A couple of other places to organise1 lecture • 2min

How to minimise distractions6 lectures • 13min

How to get rid of old technology2 lectures • 7min

Principles of data security2 lectures • 6min

My computer or phone's running slow because it's so clogged up!1 lecture • 6min

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