So sometime last year I heard a fateful podcast about algorithms that could be applicable to day to day life, and I learned about the dangerous idea of Temporal Locality :
This algorithm was really self serving to me, as I'm the kind of guy who likes his unfettered cereberal freedom while- so for the last year I've pretty much had two folders, Desktop and 0cleanup (which in the Desktop), where every now and then I'll select all and drag everything to the 0cleanup folder and maybe if I need something in the future I'll dig for it.
Fast forward a year or so, and now I have a gigantic 0cleanup folder that I dread going into because it's a big dump. I don't even need to go in too often, but if I do it's usually that I usually could just get off the internet again, and if it's project related, it's usually saved in the WYSIWYG editor in some way, or available in an email or something. But even this is it's own stress, because there's no one project folder for things anymore, it's just a bunch of hunting.
So yeah, I deem this algorithm impractical for my life. What do you guys do?
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My laptop recently broke, and I've been back on my trusty backup x220 (love this thing) for my daily driver. It's a good time to do a reset on my digital life. I'm trying to think of some new rules for myself.
I've been on a Marie Kondo kick lately, and I've been trying to figure how to simplify my digital life, especially because I spend so much time on the internet. It's difficult because I have a lot of interests and avenues for those interests, and I also have a lot methods for sustaining those interests.
Here are the rules I have for myself so far:
- Don't collect humorous pictures or design inspiration (you can easily find them again)
- Don't bookmark things to read them later or try them out later (you'll never get to them)
- Finish comments or forget about them (Forces me to write and choose battles correctly)
Do you guys have any personal rules of your own?