Save time, Organise your files

Don’t you find yourself spending hours looking for that file you created on your computer, or this document that you must re-print and can’t find?

December is here, it is time to de-clutter your desk, your thoughts and your computer.

Your computer should be organised as your desk or office in files:

• create as much files as subjects you are working on,
• create as much sub-files as needed depending on your needs: for example, accountancy will contain the sub-files 2008, 2009 etc.
• make sure your files are properly named. If I have many files with the same name, instead of adding 1, 2, 3 ... I end the name with the date of its creation, starting with the year (10th December 2009 will be: 20091210), then your files appear in the right order and you know at a glance which one is the last one

Adopt the clear desktop policy:

When you work on something, even if it is just a test,

• save it immediately in the right place with a proper name,
• don’t just abandon it on your desktop for later, as you won’t have time afterwards to put it in the right place, and worth of all, you might not find it when you need it.

Try it and let me know if it worked for you.