If you have a home business or do a lot of work on the computer, then you must be able to find things. A clean computer desktop is like a clean house. It can be a laborious task, but the benefits are huge.
For example, how many times have you gone to a website that requires a login name and password? You recognize the site, but of course the user name and password that you use for everything else doesn’t work. You look around and wonder where that information is.
You know you must have it written it down somewhere, but you aren’t sure where to start looking. You waste 15 minutes or so opening drawers and checking files, but the info. is nowhere to be found. You concede.
You reluctantly go through the sign-up process again and proceed to waste another ten minutes of your valuable time. You then get an email notification that your new account will be activated in 24 hours or less. You feel like throwing your computer out the window.
This has happened to myself countless times over the years and I have found a great solution. Like anything, old habits die hard. Now, if you can get into the swing of things just a few days in a row, there is a chance you can form a good habit.
What I did was create a word file and I named it “Logins”. I keep this file on the desktop of my computer so I can always find it. I actually put it in the top right corner of my computer screen.
I finally came up with the bright idea to make a word file on my computer. I call it “passwords”. I put this file on the bottom left of my desktop screen so I can always find it. It works like a charm.
I then take user/pass data and the web address, and I copy it into my file. It has gotten pretty large over the days, but everything I need is in one place. It is a great feeling.
A lot of the passwords and logins are the same, but this really is useful for those rogue logins that are forced on you. Everyone says you should have a different user and pass for each account, but I am not exactly storing top security information for most of these sites.
And of course the sites I use most are usually the ones with strange login ID’s. It becomes very difficult to remember all of them. That is why putting them all in one place that you can easily find is worth its weight in gold.
Use this idea and you will notice that you can breathe easier. There is nothing more frustrating than wasting time searching for something you lost. If multiple people use your computer, then consider password protecting that file. Just don’t forget that password. LOL
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