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This Mercury retrogade I successfully:
- Deleted thousands of emails from my full (and bouncing :/ ) email box. (WOO!).
- Closed hundreds of open tabs (don't judge me, you! ) - Got up to date with my personal bookkeeping (yas...)
But....
I'm still not on top of my overflowing hard drive!
UHG.
Anyone feel my pain?
This is one thing I struggle to create good systems with no matter how I've tried.
They've definitely improved over the years...but still meh.
It doesn't help that my internal hard drive is too small. I probably do need to upgrade my computer...
Plus I'm not big on cloud storage so it's all on hard drives...
I do need to get onto some secure cloud storage though because it's important to have that extra back up.
Any digital organiser queens here that can offer their wisdom on file/data mangement/organising?
Hi there! I’m a Web development student in college RN. I store old stuff on a portable hard drive (2TB) and only keep the things I absolutely need on my comp. I routinely go through my computer maybe every 1-2 months and clean out what I don’t need. I usually save temp stuff on my desktop so I can easily clear them out without forgetting.
I also make an extra effort to organize my folders - for example, I have a school work folder that’s divided up by each semester, then each class, then each module, then assignments/documents/ Ect. Like this:
School > Spring 2023 > Business 101 > Module 1 > Assignment 1
It takes a little extra effort but I find it much easier in the long run than just dumping everything in 1-2 folders. I also use cloud storage, but not for everything. I only use it for stuff I can’t afford to lose or need access to in multiple places, like school projects or art projects. I find that if I use cloud storage for too much stuff it gets messy fast, plus I don’t want to pour too much energy into organizing there as well.
Best of luck to you!