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A 3-step Cure for Digital Packrats, and How to Know if You're One of Them
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8-10-2007 3:07 PM
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How to know if you’re a digital packrat, and, more importantly, what to do about it.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/63b152c1-5375-4b35-8b66-e856cf89486a/47E8F8DE-8CC6-48C3-97D8-828DA0AE94AE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/" href="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/" style="font-size: 11px;">zenhabits.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/zenhabits.net/img/4BD9F470-CA5F-4E7C-A45C-754401E17094" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><P><STRONG>How to Know If You’re a Digital Packrat</STRONG> The main way to know: 1) you feel that you should keep a lot of files “just in case”; 2) it takes you too long to find stuff; 3) your digital life is becoming complicated, with multiple email accounts, drives, storage mediums and either a mess of files or a mess of folders.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>How to Cure Digital Packrattery, With Practical Tips</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Go through a massive purge</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Aim for a simple digital life</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Develop purging routines</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Target one folder at a time</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Choose only the important stuff, and trash the rest</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Simplify before organizing</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Get organized: one place for everything</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Reduce accounts</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Simplify your feeds</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Clear out your inbox</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Clear out old emails</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Clear your desktop</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Delete multiple photos</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Stop saving junk</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/a-3-step-cure-for-digital-packrats-and-how-to-know-if-youre-one-of-them/"><STRONG>Defrag your hard drive</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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