Clutter is more than just the “stuff” you can see. If you feel constantly overwhelmed, it helps to look at the hidden layers – like digital mess, a packed schedule, and mental noise. Discover how to deal with clutter using a “Good Enough” approach that focuses on your energy rather than perfection.
How To Conquer Digital Clutter
Technology has undoubtedly made our lives easier – instant connection to family and friends, easier access to information, remote working and learning, etc. But if we’re not mindful about how much information we bring into our digital world, if we don’t set up some systems and block the time to deal with it, it can also make our lives terribly complicated, costing us time to retrieve the information we need. And although digital clutter might not be visible, it can leave us completely overwhelmed as much as physical clutter does. Here are a few tips to help you conquer your digital clutter.
How To Restore Order Into Your Overflowing Inbox
Dreading to open your overflowing inbox and face the thousands of unread emails lurking in there? Having a nagging feeling that you’ve missed some important information or a deadline because your mailbox is out of control? Yet feeling paralysed at the idea of going through it? Here’s my approach to help you restore your overflowing inbox to a manageable size in the least possible time.
How to break digital addiction
I’d have never thought I could become a potential candidate for digital addiction. Admittedly I’d been an early adopter of any tools that could help me manage my work and personal life more efficiently: think schedule, tasks, lists, contacts, files, music, photos etc., all aggregated in one place yet accessible from multiple synchronised devices. But I had for a long time resisted embracing social media until I could no longer postpone setting a business page on Facebook. And despite being quite attuned to the risks associated with spending too much time online, I realised how hard it was to resist temptation. Fortunately, I quickly reacted and took some measures to help me disconnect so that I could reconnect with the meaningful in my life. I hope these measures can help you too. Here they are.
Essential steps to photos organising
With the kids back to school, you may have some time now to go through your summer holiday pictures. As you go down memory lane, you tell yourself that it would be nice to put some of these pictures into a photo album. But then you remember the backlog of pictures you haven’t dealt with in months or even years and you get paralysed. Well I can’t blame you! Organising pictures can take time and is intimidating for most people. But the thing is the longer you postpone this activity, the harder it becomes.
