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Schedule It or Toss It

Sep 01, 2011 / 
Mental Clutter / Paper / Physical Clutter / Procrastination / Time Management / 
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Did you ever have in your hand an invitation to an event, or a schedule of upcoming lectures, performances, or exhibits that sounded interesting but which you weren’t ready to commit to? Chances are you added the invitation or schedule to a pile of paper on your desk, or put it somewhere in your file cabinet.  Months later, you came across it and said, “Oh, I’m really sorry I missed that”, and threw it out. So what really happened here?

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Back Up Your Computer Without Thinking

Apr 12, 2011 / 
Computer Backup / Computers / Electronic Clutter / 
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If you’ve ever had a computer crash, the first thought that comes into your mind is, “Yikes!  When was the last time I backed up my computer?”    The answer almost always is, “Not recently enough”, or worse yet, “Never”. Thanks to the Internet, you never have to ask yourself that question again.  You can back up your computer to the so-called “cloud” and stop worrying.

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