Four steps to a clutter-free desktop
Most people we know get a large number of file attachments over email. These end up cluttering their desktop. Writer Chanpory Rith has evolved a simple method to avoid desktop clutter.
- Set up four folders in your Documents folder – Inbox, Actions, Incubate and Archive. Make Inbox your default download folder for all applications. Move the scattered files on your desktop to the Inbox folder.
- Twice a day process the files in the Inbox folder so that it is empty at the end of the day. Move the files that you can start working on immediately into the Actions folder. Use the Incubate folder for those files that you can’t deal with right now.
- Work on the Actions folder and when done, move them to the Archive folder. If you are ready to deal with a file in the Incubate folder move it to the Actions folder.
- Once a month backup the contents of your Archive folder.
Try it and let us know how it works for you.