Take a few minutes today to create a minimalist computer experience for yourself. (Click participate for a link with further advice on how to do so.) | You can practice along with us. Here’s how.
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13. January 2010 at 7:00 pm
Cleared off my desk top. Wallpaper, too.
13. January 2010 at 7:02 pm
Minimalist Computer Experience–I’m not sure how to interpret this one–but today and the rest of this month I’m taking 15 minutes each day to DELETE things. For example, on my Facebook page, I went to applications and started deleting every dumb application so that I can concentrate on connecting with people I care about.
13. January 2010 at 7:07 pm
AH! I have been completely missing where the link is for these articles etc. that explain everything. The article link for today is very good–this has been on my radar since January first. I think it will take me much longer to get the desktop (and computer) organized into a manner that will suit me–but I like the beginning steps. 15 minutes a day for me–no more–otherwise, several hours go by and I’ve been hunched over the laptop moving and organizing files. So–Thank you! Good stuff!
13. January 2010 at 10:32 pm
This is great! I recently cleaned up my desktop and streamlined my documents folder. It has been so helpful and I’m much more productive.
13. January 2010 at 10:35 pm
Hello.
I often joke with people about deleting files, but you are certainly right. Deleting stuff is good. We hold on to all this useless material for nothing.
I like Kirsten’s idea up there about taking 15 minutes a day to delete things. I will give that a try today. Smart move.
13. January 2010 at 11:45 pm
I yanked off all the short cuts on my desk top except my recycle bin. I never use them anyway.
14. January 2010 at 7:41 am
It’s fair enough to delete files or just stack all files in one folder – but you certainly need to name the documents you want to keep properly. If you do that, the wonderful search option on Windows Vista or 7 wil help you track them wherever they are.
I have done this minimalist computer routine for half a year, and it is magic :0) I have a folder that’s called “Toss it” that I simply fill up with stuff I suspect I won’t need anymore, and then I delete ever now and then.
14. January 2010 at 7:50 pm
Just reading about cleaning the desktop of my computer gave me a moment of zen…now to actually do it.
15. January 2010 at 1:17 am
Done!
15. January 2010 at 1:41 am
It’s so hard to remember to come looking for these prompts. I get so used to everything showing up in my inbox. Of course, that means I get bogged down like quicksand in the inbox if I’m not careful. So, it seems a very good time to start clearing a path through all the saved emails . . Do I REALLY need that stuff from 2007?!
17. January 2010 at 5:09 am
When I clean out the emails I “check all”, And then mindfully go through and ask myself if I’m really going to use it again? if the answer is no then I leave it checked and move on. At the end I hit delete and don’t give it any more thought.
21. January 2010 at 8:30 pm
My desk top is an Ansel Adams Photograph of a Nevada dessert road so that I can
“Stare off into the distance”.