Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Organizing Paper and Information: 7 Mistakes that Sabotage Your Productivity
lifehack.org: "As Professional Organizers helping people organize their home offices and workspaces, here are the 7 biggest information-organizing mistakes we see in our work with clients– are you making these mistakes too?"
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Wow, I completely understand the point of this article. I am a complete pack rat when it comes to papers. I guess I just always get nervous that I will end up needing them at some point in my life, when in reality they just sit in piles forever. Having an organizational system that works is key when it comes to being productive. I agree that it would be far more helpful to frequently file away papers than it is to let them pile up. I should work on this...
I definitely need to reevaluate the way I deal with organization. Some of these tips are things I definitely need to observe. One thing is passwords - I don't change them nearly enough. I also don't have them written down somewhere. I probably should change them more often though - although I've never had a hacking problem before. Also in relation to computers - I do not back-up my files nearly enough. If there is some assignment I do, I will save it on my computer and online - so it's in two completely different places, but lots of things on my computer are not backed up. I have the resources to do so, so I should. I also definitely keep too much for too long, so that's another thing to look into.
I definetly keep my papers for way too long, though I often feel like I'll need it later, which has happened quite often. I do think it would be very benifical to have to seperate papers by reference and action since I have to go through a giant stack of papers to find what I'm looking for.
This is a good way to re-organize yourself in an easy way. I usually clean out my folder as soon as it gets heavy enough for me to notice that it's HEAVY which is probably every 2 weeks or so. It's also a good thing to observe the organization itself like we were talking about in class with the project checklist. If you spend all the time making sure it's always up to date you lose time you could be getting things done.
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