7 tips on how to clean up your computer and deal with routine

Even a superhero will not be able to cope with the accumulated computer blockages in one sitting. No, here you need to take a completely different approach: small but constant steps that will ultimately lead to victory. And to make them easier to give, it is better to attach them to some constantly recurring and inevitable events.

1. Set up one service every week

Popular services have been reported hacked with alarming regularity. In response, the developers are constantly patching vulnerabilities and adding new security settings. It remains only to find a little time and turn on two-factor authentication on Google, activate invisibility mode on Facebook, in LastPass, and so on.

Each week, pick a service or app that you regularly use, and devote some time to setting it up, paying particular attention to privacy options. I am sure that as a result, you will discover several new interesting features, as well as be able to make your work on the Web more secure.

2. Remove one item from the desktop each time you turn on the computer

The desktop is a great place to temporarily store documents, files, or program shortcuts. The key word is "temporary".

If your desktop has turned into a dump where you can't find anything, that's not the case. In this case, you need to make it a rule to get rid of one element every time you boot the computer. Files to the clouds, documents to work folders, watched movies and music to the trash, and shortcuts to favorites.

3. Unsubscribe from one newsletter daily

Personally, I have to register on a huge number of sites to test services and programs. And each of them considers it their duty to start bombarding me with letters about their updates, new features, discounts and other events. As a result, my inbox is littered with letters, most of which I would rather never see.

You can and should unsubscribe from all this. However, taking the time to remove yourself from all mailing lists right away is problematic. Therefore, I try to get rid of at least one unwanted sender every day.

4. Organize your photos

After the appearance of more or less decent cameras in smartphones, we began to generate just a gigantic number of images. However, taking beautiful photos is not all. It is advisable to upload them to one of the cloud storages, provide titles, indicate the people depicted on them and the location of the shooting. Then your photo archive will really become a repository of memories, and not just a dump of pictures.

Most often, organizing a photo archive involves performing many repetitive actions that do not require a lot of brain strain. Therefore, it is best to do it at the very end of the day, when you are already tired. At the same time, remember the happy moments of your life and relax.

5. Check one link from your favorites every time you start your browser

Many people are in the habit of immediately sending the find to their favorites when they find an interesting site or article on the Internet. Gradually, such a number of elements accumulates there that it is absolutely impossible to find “the very article”.

There are two ways out of this situation. Radical - just close your eyes, delete all the content of your favorites, and go to Google to access the sites you need every time. And conservative - still try to put things in order in the bookmarks.

This is not as difficult as it seems, if you process one link each time you start the browser. In less than six months, you will have only useful resources that you really need.

6. Read books, not news

On the one hand, we all read something all the time: news, forums, Twitter and Facebook. On the other hand, this reading is not at all useful, unlike reading real literature.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a habit that will help gradually replace the "wrong" reading with the "correct" one. Agree with yourself that before visiting Facebook, Twitter and other hot spots on the Internet, be sure to read a couple of pages of a book. It will be strange at first, but then you will get involved. And it turns out that serious literature can be much more exciting than cats on social networks.

7. Use calendars and reminders

Remembering all these tips for the busy modern person can be quite difficult. And why do that if there are so many different calendars and task managers? Just add the tasks you need to your favorite planner, and you will not forget when and what needs to be done.