A Digital Declutter

Digital decluttering has become as essential as brushing your teeth twice a day. Especially now, when the knowledge industry has mass moved to online and remote work.

Our mental wellbeing and productivity can suffer great consequences unless we learn to keep our online spaces tidy and organized. Fragmented attention span, exhaustion, overwhelm and irritability are just some of the symptoms of a messy digital space.

In this article, we’ll take a look at the risks digital clutter brings with it, and how to start cleaning out your digital workspace.

In short, to declutter your digital space means to clear out your computer, phone, or tablet (or all three) of all the apps and files you’re no longer using.

It means learning to accept that a lot of your programs, apps, and extensions are optional, while only a handful have an actual purpo...