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How to Declutter Your Digital Life


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We have gone through a long way since the development of the internet. What started with a simple network connecting a few people or a small community has changed into a massive server connecting billions of people. We all are going through a digital boom right now because of the advances in artificial intelligence, Cheaper internet, and easy access to technological services, all of this has resulted in billions of apps and services aiming for different uses, each of them useful in their ways. The overwhelming option of apps has made us cluttered in our digital lives. There is an app for almost every single aspect of our life from simple messaging to maintaining our health. In this article we will go deeper into how to declutter your digital life, we will explore different kinds of apps that will remove the need for 10s of apps or websites we use


Declutter your Files 

Almost all of us have laptops or desktops and have innumerable files floating around in a chaotic state coming in the way of actually useful files, making them difficult to find. The best way to deal with it is to organize it as per use. You can create different folders for different aspects, for example making a folder for work and leisure and creating many subfolders in those two folders or creating a folder named temporary where you can put all the temporary files which you will not use in the future. There can be countless different variations you can use.


Using Multipurpose Apps / Website

Ever heard of a desktop app called Texts, Texts can unify all the messenger apps you use, whether it is Telegram, WhatsApp, or Instagram. All the messages can be seen in one place, which will make you more organized and will save a lot of time, The same can be used for mail if you have many accounts, you can see all the mail from all your accounts in one inbox by an app called Mailbird.  There are countless multipurpose apps and websites that you can use to streamline your digital life.


Make different Workspaces on your device (Notion)

Making different workspaces in your device is a good way to organize your digital life, you can create a workspace for work and leisure, such that all the information that you need for that particular subject will remain in that workspace, you can also group tabs if you do not have the workspace option in your desktop. You can also do various variations like creating a workspace for travel and academics etc. 


Using Automation to streamline tasks

Automation is not for everyone is filtered only to freelancers and business owners who want to add a particular reply to a certain message automatically, or automatically receive calls. Innumerable ways for automation can be used, but it is filtered for a few people and will be rendered useless to others. Automation is also expensive and not for everyone. Nevertheless, Automation is still a good way to declutter our digital life






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