Overcoming Digital Clutter: Strategies for Reducing Stress and Regaining Focus w/ Dave Caolo (TPS185)

In this episode, Mike is joined by Dave Caolo, a regular contributor to Unclutterer, a website dedicated to home and office organization. Mike & Dave dive deep into digital clutter: What it is, where to find it, and how to deal with it. We explain the very real cost of clutter and the effect it has on your productivity, give you a couple of simple questions to help you realize if you need some help clearing out digital clutter yourself, and offer helpful strategies for decluttering your digital life if you do.

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Cheat Sheet

• Why decluttering is harder to understand (but just as important) when it comes to digital items 2:05
• What clutter really means 2:58
• Why FOMO-bawed clutter drives a lot of the time we spend on social media 10:17
• Real world examples of digital clutter 11:25
• Important distinctions: things that are not digital clutter 14:38
• Ways digital clutter can be harmful 19:02
• Tips to start getting rid of digital clutter 26:30
• How to declutter a smartphone 32:27
• The one thing that Dave would tell people to do to start decluttering your digital life 40:26
• How to automate decluttering 41:41

Links

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
• Intentional Attention: How Small Decisions Can Bring You to Your Ideal Future (TPS184)
• Hurry Slowly podcast episode 03
• Using Coffee Shops and Cafes to Give Your Productivity a Boost w/ Dave Caolo (TPS172)
• The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World
• Gazelle
• MacSparky
• SaneBox
• Hazel

 Connect with Dave Caolo

• 52tiger.net
• @davidcaolo

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