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One of the biggest drains on your time (and productivity) is a disorganized workspace. This week, I’m sharing some ideas for getting organised so you can find what you need when you need it.
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Script | 340
Hello, and welcome to episode 340 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.
I remember watching videos by David Allen—author of Getting Things Done—where he explains the importance of having an organised workspace.
These videos were recorded before the digital takeover, yet the principles remain the same whether we deal with paper or digital documents.
If your stuff is all over the place, you will waste a lot of time trying to find what you need, and it’s surprising how much time you lose.
This week’s question caught my attention, as getting and keeping your workspace organised is an overlooked part of the modern productivity movement. It won’t matter how clever your digital tools are if you don’t know where everything is or how to organise your notes so you can find what you need when you need it in seconds. You’ll still waste much time doing stuff you shouldn’t need to do.
As I researched this, I could only find advice on keeping desks and physical files, notes, and documents organised. There is little advice on keeping a digital workspace clean and organised. Well, that is apart from some older articles about how an untidy computer desktop slows down your computer and makes finding anything slow and cumbersome.
Now before I go further, let me hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.
This week’s question comes from Alice. Alice asks, Hi Carl, How do you keep all your files, notes and other digital things organised? I’m really struggling here and would love some advice.
Hi Alice, thank you for your question.
One of the first things you will need to do is allocate a single place for your digital documents. Today, most people are comfortable storing all their personal files in a cloud storage system, such as Google Docs, Microsoft OneDrive, or Apple’s iCloud.
If you are concerned about security, an external hard drive also works.
Now, just as before the 2000s, you will lik