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Writing about Developer Productivity, Streamlining your workflow, and Mindful Digital Organisation
1y ago
Day 7: How to Stop Organizing and never loose your Files again
Fabian @ederbit

Dealing with digital files, recurring questions are:
"Where does this go? "
Or "Where did I put this again? "
And " If I can just fix this folder structure, so that I can finally ... "

This became a thing of the past, after I discovered the PARA method.

PARA - A Universal System for Organizing Information

Digital Items flow throught these four stages:
Projects ⇒ Areas ⇒ Resources and finally the ⇒ Archive.

PARA limits your digital surface area so you only see the things you care about.

The PARA's Method is not limited by any tool or software. I use it across many tools to organize Files, Notes, Bookmarks, Emails, ...

Heck, you can even apply it to your offline life! (Wanna find out how?)

Here's the best way to get started

Read This Blogpost Series: https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/

This is how I first got introduced to PARA.
It's a multipart-series but well worth the read.

And if you're already convinced,
see my personal notes: https://ederbit.xyz/notes/PARA

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