Project clean computer desktop complete!

15 July 2013

On Friday, I blogged about my desire to clear off my computer desktop every day so that it would be as clean as my physical desk top.

I thought I’d do it a little at a time. But instead, while I was flying between Las Vegas and St. Louis on Saturday, I did it in one fell swoop. It took about 50 minutes. I thought it would take longer.

Here’s a screenshot of my newly cleared off desktop:

A cleaned of computer desktop is a beautiful thing.

Check out Friday’s blog post to see how bad it looked before.

The process was actually pretty painless. I deleted a bunch of stuff. And I filed a bunch of stuff. Most of the saved files went into my Documents folder. But I did discover some genealogy-related documents I had forgotten about (they’d gotten lost there on that messy desktop). So I filed those in the appropriate genealogy folders, creating new ones as needed.

My intention is to use my computer desktop as a temporary holding place only. At the end of each day, any documents put there will be filed or deleted, just like physical desktop.

I love the visual peace this is giving me. It was a joy to boot up my computer and see my lovely clear desktop!

Tagged with: clean desk, computer desktop, habits

Comments

You should try Hazel (http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php) for keeping the desktop cleaned up. You can make a rule for Hazel to clean up files at the end of the day, or after a certain amount of time.

Sharon July 15, 2013 01:54 PM

Looks great Janine! I love that it only took you 50 minutes too. That background is so peaceful too… the whole thing just feels so much less stressful. Congratulations!

Hilda @ From Overwhelmed To Organized July 17, 2013 11:43 AM