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Common Mistakes in Staying Organized

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Common Mistake

The ugly truth is that chaos is the natural state for a creative business. Whether you work solo from home or play a part in the great beehive of a global agency, disorder and clutter will take over you life, if you let it. We all seek to be more organized, but many creative professionals make mistakes in their noble efforts toward order.

Not having a system in place

As readers and listeners will know, I’m a huge fan of systems, but not everyone shares this affection. […] Full post →

Level-Up Strategy for Organizing Your Digital Life

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Level-Up Strategy

With the gradual takeover of the paperless office, and our personal reluctance to keep physical things in our already-crowded home studios, staying organised often means keeping your digital files in check. The most important strategy you can employ — if you haven’t done so already — is to create for yourself some kind of naming convention. Perhaps we’ll cover this topic in more detail at a future date, but for now assume there is no correct or incorrect way to do this. Anything is always better than nothing.

Once you have that in place, try this strategy: Don’t create versions.

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