Comments on: Time to Remove the Clutter

By: Marilynne

Marilynne — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:14:44 +0000

Leaving them on your desktop seems to work for you. I do collect things in file folders even on my desktop. They just have a common theme. My favorite is called Stuff. It’s all those things I like to have handy, but I don’t want cluttering the desk top.

I like your blog though I admit to finally figuring out how to read more of your featured posts. I’m not a fan of the moving word.
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By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:28:39 +0000

Oh Felicia, I wish, I wish I could give you some ideas. But alas, I’m in the same boat. I’m reading this post just to find ideas from your readers that maybe I can use too! ) Currently, I’m in the middle of doing “too much” with not enough organizational skills. My desktop looks very similar to yours (my actual desk doesn’t look much better) and I too have to write down, record or type in EVERY little thing that bounces into my brain.

I’m determined to get organized & better focused this year, so if anything comes to mind, or if I hear of a good idea, I will let you know.

By the way, I recently found your blog and I love it!!
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By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:41:48 +0000

Really glad I stumbled upon this post with all the great ideas. It’s nice to know we’re all pretty much in a similar boat. I have to say, Felicia, I think I like your desktop method and plan to give it a try. I recently got a new monitor and it is BIG so I have a lot of space to lose things in plain sight!

To date, I’ve been filing everything in various folders that are all in a main writing folder but often have a hard time finding what I’m looking for even though it can’t be buried very deep. And I’ve only been at this 5 months – I hate to think about what kind of mess I will have created after a couple of years if I don’t get a handle on it now!
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By: Marilynne

Marilynne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:06:28 +0000

I put them all in a file folder called Writing. Amazing, huh? Then I create different file folders for different topics. After that, I create a shortcut to sit on my desktop for the files that I’m currently working on. That works for me, but I have an index for a brain.

By: Lisa Russell

Lisa Russell — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:19:49 +0000

Eli I like your idea, except that there are times when I’m writing that I’m not online. I do all my keyword research at home- online and then the actual writing is sometimes done while I’m sitting in the parking lot waiting for my kids to get out of art class, girl scouts, dance class, etc. It’s actually awesome, though- the best idea for me anyhow. It also keeps your work backed up, I’m afraid I’ve deleted several of mine, knowing they’re “backed up” on the site I submitted them to. That didn’t work very well for me when Themestream shut down in 1999 owing me almost $1400.

Here’s my thing though- I gave up on writing down all the ideas, except in my spiral notebook. I have lists of cryptic one-liners in there because I “didn’t want to forget this idea” and I never even look at the notebook. I am cursed with more ideas than I can possibly ever fulfill, so I just keep that notebook to soothe my feeling of “needing to write something down.”

I’ve never sat down & couldn’t figure out what to write about and I sometimes find myself looking up information for an article and discover that I’ve already written one on the same topic. I’ll be reading something online and realize- oops, I wrote this! As long as the titles don’t math, carry on.

So perhaps “quit recording half-ideas” isn’t a good idea- but I gave up on recording them because it took time away from writing actual articles I planned to finish. Unless there’s a way to get paid for half-completed articles.

What if you devote every Tuesday or something to finishing them?

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