DIY Project: Table Skirt - Part 2

Last week I posted part 1 of my table skirt DIY project.

Yesterday I continued the project and finished one side of the table. Here are the steps I took to complete it.

First I ironed the piece of fabric, removing the wrinkles. I used the steam setting to remove most of them.

I used Dritz Stitch Witchery Fusible Bonding Web to hem the sides and top of the fabric.

The directions on the packaging of the bonding web says to use a damp pressing pad and let the iron steam on the fabric for 30 seconds. It was super easy to do and worked perfectly without having to re-do anything.

After hemming 3 of the sides, I added Velcro Fabric Fusion Tape to the top of the fabric that would be attached to the top of the table. In order to cut costs and save on materials, I only attached 3 strips to the fabric.

Attaching the Velcro Fabric Fusion strips was super simple - 90 seconds of back and forth motion of the iron on the opposite side of the Velcro strip. That's it!

I ended up buying a roll of Velcro Sticky-Back Hook and Loop Fastener Tape as well to attach to the table. The Velcro Fabric Fusion tape wouldn't work on the table - so I went with the regular sticky back.

I attached the finished fabric skirt to the side of the table.

I went with Velcro to attach the fabric to the table so that I can remove the fabric if I need to. It took me about a hour to get this one piece done. I don't expect it to take me that long for each of the next pieces, but who knows. So far I'm loving the one piece I have up though. It makes such a difference.

DIY Project: Table Skirt - Part 1

A few weeks ago I showed you my "new office". My desk is a kitchen table and we use it for storage underneath. I'm not really a big fan of the way it looks, so I decided that I wanted to make a table skirt to go around the sides. I'm going to use velcro so that it can be taken off, if needed, to get/see underneath.

I got the idea from Craft-O-Maniac.

Source: craftomaniac.blogspot.com via Tiffany on Pinterest

Because of my lack of housekeeping skills, I didn't own an ironing board (but had the iron), so I had to go out and purchase one. I had never purchased fabric before, so I had no idea where to go. This has been a project in the making for over a month now, and only did I even start this project last week.

I bought the fabric from Hobby Lobby. It was my first time ever in one and I was in heaven. What an amazing store. Here's the fabric I picked out:

I started out by measuring the sides of the table. I'm only doing 3 sides (not worrying about the one against the wall), but splitting the longest side (where my chair is) in half. After I had the measurements, I measured and marked the lengths on the fabric. (I bought 3 yards, which happened to be just enough.) I added 4 inches onto the length so that I could hem the sides as well.

Ignore the clips. I thought it was going to make it easier to find where I marked, but it really didn't make anything easier. I used a pencil to mark where to cut and did so on both ends so I could easily fold the fabric in half and know where to cut.

After measuring/marking everything all out, I folded the fabric in half at the cutting points and used clips to hold the fabric in place so I didn't lose my spot.

After clipping off my ends and middle, I ironed along the crease to make it easier to a semi-straight (as best as I could) line. This was definitely a brilliant idea.

I then cut each section down the crease and repeated until all 4 sections were cut out. That's where I stopped for now. This all took me almost an hour to do. I'm challenged when it comes to using an iron/sewing. lol

I plan on continuing the project this week, and will post more as I continue. Up next: ironing each piece (I tried this last week, but the wrinkles wouldn't disappear - perhaps adding water to the iron and steaming may help??), hemming the sides, adding velcro, and attaching to the table. This will all probably come in parts...not all at once. =]

October Project: Results

I'd call my October Project a success. I found new systems that work for me (and that Chris can simply use as well) and got my clutter under control.

Want to see all of the posts from the October Project: Paper & Digital Clutter?

• October Project: Paper & Digital Clutter
• October Project: DIY Paper Pockets
• October Project: Conquer Paper Clutter
• October Project: Conquer Internet Digital Clutter
• October Project: Conquer Computer Digital Clutter
• October Project: My Favorite Paper Clutter Organizers
• October Project: My Favorite Digital Clutter Organizers
• October Project: Organizing My Loan Paper Clutter & a Free Printable

How'd you do? I'd love to hear your progress!

October Project: Organizing My Loan Paper Clutter & a Free Printable

Love this post and want to see more like it? Each month through 2012 I will be tackling different topics and creating free printables to go along with the project. View the projects here.

I graduated from college in May of this year and Chris graduated in May 2010. We both have student loans out the wazoo. Not all of our loans are from the same company - some are private, others through various lenders from the government. Keeping all of Chris' straight for the last year has been a challenge, and now my loans start repayment next month. I've been keeping all of Chris' loan info in a binder and my school stuff has been in an expanding file. (Chris' was also like this until he graduated, then I got rid of the unnecessary stuff.)

Since I'm in charge of paying the bills, I needed a system that was going to work for me. Here's what I came up with...

This is the binder Chris' stuff used to be in.

Everything is tabbed by the lending company. I labeled the tabs with my label maker.

I decided to switch to a prettier binder, but kept the same tabs, just adding more to the back for my section.

This is the pile of loan bills I received in the mail on Monday. Yuck.

Due to the nature of the papers inside the binder, it wouldn't make sense for me to take pictures of everything and blur everything out. So trust me when I say that transferring everything from an accordion file to a binder (in this case) has made my bill paying life so much easier.

I just keep the binder stashed with all of my other important stuff on my desk. I'm thinking the spine of the binder needs some vinyl love. Ya know, something cool like "loans"...lol.

And I promised a free printable. Here's the loan repayment log I created and have filed out and placed in the beginning of each section of tabs. This makes life so much easier and allows me to see the total going down over time...motivation I guess I'd call it. This PDF file is editable (you can type into it) if you save it to your computer (you can't edit it in Google Docs).

loan repayment log

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New on the Blog: Projects Page

Last night I worked super hard to just sit down and just create the projects page. I've been meaning to do it for a while now and have just been procrastinating.

I don't have every post listed on the page, but all of those that are worthwhile to look at and get inspiration from.

I set it up with inlinkz - those link party organizers you see all over the blogosphere. This way you can view a picture preview of everything. I love it. So practical. =]

October Project: My Favorite Digital Clutter Organizers

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Today I'm going to share some of my favorite digital clutter organizers. Everything I'm going to show you I own and use. Links to items are provided if available.

Store It

HP SimpleSave 320 GB External Hard Drive $59.99

An external hard drive is the best thing ever to happen to digital photographers/teachers/computer geniuses/anyone who's ever used a computer and has important files. Back.it.up. I love mine because a) I've paid once, I'm not paying every year for "cloud" storage; b) I keep it in my safe in case of disaster; c) it's simple (as is in the name) to use - plug it in and let it run in the background. Yes, I own this very one. Bought mine at Sam's Club though -- and didn't get as sweet of a deal as Amazon's selling it for now. But anyways...best idea ever. If your computer ever crashes, say goodbye to everything you've ever loved about your computer -- goodbye photos, music, videos, internet favorites (yeah, you can back those up too), files, etc. I back things up every week or two - depending on how much important stuff I've accumulated...or not.

My old laptop didn't have a decent amount of memory, so an external hard drive was a savior. It allowed me to keep older photos on it and delete them off my PC so I had more room. Plus, when I got my new laptop, it was so easy to transfer everything over...because it was already backed up. (Are you seeing the benefits?)

Cons? It can lead to massive file hoarding if you don't keep it under control. Things you've deleted off your computer will still stay on your external hard drive when you sync it every time. It's good because you can use it to store things you don't want on your PC, but it's bad because if you solely use it to back up things, you'll be backing up what's been deleted as well if you don't take the time to spring clean your drive. (I will usually delete everything off the drive once a year and resync from scratch since I no longer use it to solely store files.)

Curious about the cloud route? I posted about it last week. Good option if you'd rather have your files accessible wherever you can use the internet.

Make Start Up Faster

Soluto - free

I use Soluto to monitor my boot (start up) time. Before using Soluto my boot time was 3:14. Now my boot time is 0:57. How? I chopped my boot! They scan your start up programs and show you what you can turn off or pause at start up - meaning it either won't start at all, or it will start a few minutes after your computer is running. This allows you to get started on your computer a lot faster because the important stuff loads first (and fast). And no worries - if you chose to turn off something and you want it back on, it saves all of your "removed applications" in the program so you can change your mind.

Make Internet Browsing Faster and Easier

#1 suggestion - don't use Internet Explorer. I love Microsoft, but don't care for their browser. It's way too slow and always has so many issues. Mozilla Firefox has always been my favorite until recently when they decided to roll out several updates within 2 months, making things more complicated. The only reason I'm still using Firefox is because I'm addicted to some of the add-ons they have that Google Chrome doesn't have yet. Google Chrome is an excellent "light" choice. Very simple to use and runs quickly and efficiently. (I don't know anything about Mac, but I've heard Safari is pretty good.)

Roboform $9.95/year

I use Roboform to save all of my usernames and passwords for me. It makes internet browsing so much easier and eliminates the need of 500 post-it notes all over keeping my log ins straight. It also has an option to save all of your personal info (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) and fill forms for registration pages. This is definitely a must for me since I sign up for sweepstakes a lot. All information is stored on my computer, so I can back it up on my external hard drive. You can password protect all of your info with a master password if you so choose, so it can be as secure as you want.

LastPass is another password manager. I've heard good things, but haven't tried it. It's free, but you have to upgrade ($12/year) for more features such as access to back up of your info.

Plan Your Life Digitally

Cozi - free

Not a fan of physical planners? I use Cozi (as well as my physical planner) to remember birthdays and other important events/reminders. Cozi is free and has an awesome feature that will send you an email or text message reminder...and that's my favorite things about it. (I set up text message reminders for birthdays, one week in advance so I don't forget to mail out gifts/cards to family in PA.) You can watch a video on Digitwirl for the full scoop on all of Cozi's features.

Choose a Good Email Host

Gmail - free

Sorry Hotmail and Yahoo lovers, Gmail wins on this one. I've had an email address on all of the different email hosting websites. (I was curious back in the day and ended up with Hotmail, which declined quickly.) While I do still get spam mail from time to time, Gmail generally will catch it and put it in the spam folder. Hotmail never did a good job with this and I was receiving just as much spam as I was wanted email. (Talk about time consuming.) Gmail has all sorts of features: labels, search, lots of space, conversation view (which I could never go without again), priority inbox, labs, etc. I think Gmail deserves it's own post, seriously. (I'll write one this week.) Until then, check out all of it's awesomeness here.

That's all I've got for now. I don't want to suggest a ton of software applications for you to clog up your computer with. These are the basics that I find important to keeping me digitally organized. If you have any PC-related questions, please feel free to email me. I'm a self-taught PC geek and have a ton of resources that I can use to answer your questions. =]

Have a great Tuesday night...too bad it'll be Glee free. =[

I don't know if I can hold out until November 1st...

October Project: Conquer Computer Digital Clutter

Last Monday I introduced my project for this month: paper & digital clutter. I spent last week looking for ways to conquer paper and digital clutter so that I could start spending my time more productively in other ways.

Some of these ideas that I'm going to post about may seem obvious, but as obvious as they are, it's not something I did until this week. I needed the focus to actually follow through with these "ideas" and that's what this month long project is doing for me. It's giving me accountability and focus by blogging about it, and I really hope I'm inspiring you to do the same.

I started off by looking at the list I made last week of where the clutter is coming in. Then I made a plan/researched of how I can take care of it.

Today I'm talking about conquering computer digital clutter. Yesterday I shared about conquering internet digital clutter and Monday I shared about conquering paper clutter.

Back up computer files on a regular basis.

• I own an external hard drive. It's really easy to use and backs up all of my pictures, documents, videos, music, etc. I don't keep it hooked up to my PC at all times like most people do because I can remember to back things up from time to time and feel safer with it in a safe when not in use. That way if anything were to ever happen, I have a copy of everything in my fire/waterproof safe.
• If you don't want to go the external hard drive route, there are now lots of internet "cloud drives" that you can use. Some are free up to a certain data limit. Others require a yearly fee, but give you a lot more space to work with. The nice thing about cloud drives is you can access you files from anywhere you have an internet connection. Here are a couple options I've read good things about, or use myself:

• Amazon Cloud Drive :: free for up to 5 GB of online storage
  I love Amazon and would absolutely trust them with my docs. I personally haven't used this yet, but I'm planning on looking into it more this month. This whole cloud drive thing is still new, so I'm not really signed up with any of them right now.

• Windows Live SkyDrive :: free for up to 25 GB of online storage
  I've tried this in the past and it was really easy to use. I don't use it anymore because I don't use Hotmail anymore. I'm now fully a Google-lover.
• Google Docs :: free for up to 1 GB - I pay $5 a year for 20 GB which extends over all Google products, like Picasa (web photo album)
  I use Google Docs for everything. I store my inventories with GD so I can access it from my smartphone. I upload my free printables with GD. I store my resume/placement file docs here as well. I like that with GD I can edit the docs, as well as download them anywhere if I need to.

 Organize computer files in a way that makes sense and is easy to use.

• I have organized my document files in a way that makes sense to me. Chris thinks it's a bit much, but with the amount of documents I need to keep organized, I have  a bunch of files nested inside other files...and so on. It's really starting to get out of hand though with the more I create and save on my computer. I need a new system. I absolutely love the way I have things organized now, I just need to make it easier to find things. Perhaps not so many files nested...that does seem to take up a lot of time double-clicking files over and over to get inside.
• I often save a lot of PDF documents from blogs (printables, list templates, etc.) and those can get messy to keep track of. I started categorizing them by type then source. This made it so much easier for me to find everything, especially since I had 5 versions of a to-do list downloaded that were all different because the source was different.
• There's a great article by Microsoft at Work called File Organization Tips: 9 Ideas for Managing Files and Folders. The title is so obvious that every time I start to write something about what the article is, I'm writing the same thing...so I suggest reading it. lol
• Oh, and change the file name when you're download and saving documents from the internet. Nothing is worse than realizing you've saved 50 different PDFs that have been horribly named with no spaced or no real description of what the file is. Just take the time to change the name while saving. You'll be so glad you did later.

Organize digital photos by date and event.

• I don't take a ton of photos anymore because I don't leave the house very often unfortunately. But when I was taking a lot of pictures, I always made sure to sort and file them so I could easily find them later.
• All of my files are sorted by year and the folders they're in (inside the year folder) are labeled by event name and date. Having a system like this will make your life so much easier when you create a calendar for family at Christmas time. You won't have to sort through picture from the last 5 years to find this year's pictures.

Stop saving every single PDF file I find...just because it's free.

• Guilty, guilty, guilty...and it's getting worse. One thing that's helping though is Pinterest. I have a board categorized as "printables" which allows me to visually save printables I find and not have to download them on to my hard drive, just because they're free. I've come up with questions to ask myself as well before saving everything I come across:
• Why am I saving this?
• What is its purpose?
• When would I ever use it?
• Will I actually ever use it?
• And I'm using all of these questions to sort through and delete documents that I don't really need. So smart.

Uninstall software I don't use, run PC cleaning and antivirus software once a week, and clear internet files once a week.

• I'll admit it. I'm kind of a computer nerd. I absolutely love computers (and all technology really). I've had my hands on one since I was 12. I've always been curious about how a computer works and what I can do to tweak settings to make things run better. I have a few tips for you.
• Uninstall the junk that comes preinstalled on your computer. (On a PC, go to the start menu, then control panel, then uninstall programs or it may say add/remove programs.) Most of it is free trials of software because they're hoping you'll purchased the full version. If it's a trial, get rid of it. If you don't know what something is, but it sounds like something you don't need then Google it before you uninstall. You don't want to get rid of your sound card drivers or antivirus software (unless it is a trial that came on your PC). If you're unsure if something's a trial, find it in your start menu (under programs) and open it. If it is a trial then it will tell you when it's opened. The more you uninstall, the more memory you'll acquire and the faster your computer will be.
• You can use PC cleaning and antivirus software to keep your PC safe and running smoothly. My favorite junk cleaners are System Mechanic 10.5 ($50 for one year subscription - and when you renew you always get a super low rate, usually around $20 for a year) and CCleaner (free). 
• System Mechanic is awesome because automatically analyzes my PC for me and shows me what I need to clean up or fix. Then I can just click the "repair" button and it will do it for me. It takes care of cleaning up junk and registry files, will suggest programs for you to uninstall or pause at startup to allow your PC to run faster, and will backup your registry for you automatically (the registry is like the brain of your computer). I love that it now allows unlimited downloads so that you can installed it on all of your family's PCs.
• CCleaner (stands for crap cleaner lol) cleans up internet and PC junk files. Plain and simple, but effective.
• Also available on a PC (comes installed already) is Disc Cleanup (in Windows 7: start menu -> programs -> accessories -> system tools -> disc cleanup). This pretty much does the same thing as CCleaner, but doesn't do a great job.
• As for antivirus software, my faves are AVG for a free option and Norton Internet Security for a paid option ($70 for one year on 3 PCs). I personally would recommend always going with a paid version if you use the internet a lot. I've been able to fix computers in the past that have had viruses, but it's really difficult to do. Since purchasing Norton, I haven't ever had any issues. My parents, who don't use the internet other than for eBay and email, are good with AVG. There isn't much risk for them with their lack of internet use.
• Usually you can get really good deals on paid antivirus software from Staples or any other office store. Just watch their ads - especially at the beginning of the year. I've been lucky enough to sign up for test groups to use and review the software, providing me with a free one year subscription. If you would have asked me three years ago to buy Norton software, I would have told you to hit the road. The old Norton was super slow and a system hog, using a lot of PC memory. Now it runs so much better and isn't a hog anymore.
• I've recently taken part in a test/review for Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012 through BzzAgent. I have it installed on Chris' computer and I'd recommend that one as well. It runs quietly in the background and hasn't slowed down his computer. It's on sale online right now for $55.95 for one year on 3 PCs. You can use coupon code BZZ30 through October 18 for $30 off your purchase. (Disclosure: I'm a BzzAgent, I received a free copy of this product, this is my 100% honest opinion.)
• Clearing out internet junk files will make your internet browser run faster. It's completely safe to do - it just deletes temporary files stored on your computer by websites. I would tell you how to do it, but of course, every browser is different and also every version of each browser is different too. I have Firefox 7 -> click "firefox" in the top left corner -> history -> clear recent history -> select "everything" for your time range. In Google Chrome 15 -> click the wrench icon on the right hand side of the toolbar -> history -> "edit items..." link on the right -> clear all browsing data -> clear browsing data. And in Internet Explorer 9 -> click the gear icon on the right hand side of the toolbar -> safety -> delete browsing history -> select all check boxes -> delete.

I really hope this information I've shared this week has been helpful. Next week I plan to share my favorite paper clutter organizers with you. And hopefully I can find some new digital clutter organizers to share, too!

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October Project: Conquer Internet Digital Clutter

Last Monday I introduced my project for this month: paper & digital clutter. I spent last week looking for ways to conquer paper and digital clutter so that I could start spending my time more productively in other ways.

Some of these ideas that I'm going to post about may seem obvious, but as obvious as they are, it's not something I did until this week. I needed the focus to actually follow through with these "ideas" and that's what this month long project is doing for me. It's giving me accountability and focus by blogging about it, and I really hope I'm inspiring you to do the same.

I started off by looking at the list I made last week of where the clutter is coming in. Then I made a plan/researched of how I can take care of it.

Today I'm talking about conquering internet digital clutter. Yesterday I shared about paper clutter. Tomorrow I'll share about conquering computer digital clutter.

Conquer email and RSS feeds in a more productive way.

• I'm an email junkie. Love everything about it -- the deals and coupons sent right to me, corresponding with family, friends, readers, and customers, etc. But my big problem is the amount that comes into my inbox everyday and the amount of time I spend going through it. I've come up with some solutions that are working great for me so far.
• Choose specific times throughout the day to check email and RSS feeds.
  So obvious, but not something I've ever been able to do. Every time I'm bored, I'd be checking my email/feeds and then end up sidetracked, again. Next thing I'd know, Chris would be walking in the door from work. I just got in a funk being home all summer with nothing to do. Now I am only checking my email and feeds at 8:30 am, at 12 pm, at 4 pm, and at 9 pm.
• Go through all email/feeds first, deleting what I'm not interested in, and leaving what I am interested in to read when everything has been opened.
  This allows me to quickly get through my email and then focus on what's left all at once, rather than clicking through emails and getting sidetracked for an hour because that one clothing sale looked so good...

• Unsubscribe from or change frequency of emails that I never click through or read.
  I am guilty of subscribing to every email newsletter I come across because I don't want to miss a deal. But with the number of coupon blogs out there, I let them find me the best deals now. I kept track of the number of newsletters I unsubscribed from last week and I ended up leaving 208 newsletters. Seriously. I used to wake up to 150 emails every day, and if I didn't check my email all day, I'd have 250 by 9 pm, and that was in just one email account. I have 5 that I check every day -- 2 blog emails, a personal email, an old personal email that I'm transferring from, and my junk mail account.
• Have a junk email account that's separate from a personal account.
  I no longer accidentally delete important emails from friends and family or bills that come through email. It makes it a lot easier when I don't have time to check my email all day to just be able to delete everything in the junk account and only focus on the important emails in the personal account.
• Sort saved emails.
  Gmail has a wonderful feature called labels. If I'm going to keep something, I apply a label and then "archive" it. This saves it automatically for me. (Labels are like folders in Gmail.) This makes finding past Etsy sales so much easier than sorting through a folder called "save" (like I used to use with Hotmail).

Conquer social media in a more productive way.

• With all of the social media available today, it's hard to check those updates along with email. I have Facebook and Twitter accounts. I don't bother with any of the other social media out there. I found better ways to deal with the daily updates on these sites last week.
• Unlike pages on Facebook and unfollow on Twitter.
  At one point a few months ago I "liked" over 200 pages. Mostly from entering sweepstakes/giveaways. My main FB wall was being taken over by tons of page updates and I wasn't seeing any friend updates. I decided to weed out those that I didn't have interest in and my FB page looks much better now. To see what pages you like on Facebook, click on your name in the top left corner on the homepage of FB. Click Info and scroll down the page until you get to Activities and Interests. This will show what pages you "like" and therefore see page updates for on your main FB wall. The very last in the list will say "and # more" - if you click that you'll be able to see all of the pages you like, as well as their page picture so you can remember exactly what the page is if you don't recognize it by name. If you want to "unlike" a page, then you need to click on the page name to visit it and scroll down the page to find this text on the left side:

• Change the updates you receive from friends on Facebook.
  I don't particularly enjoy seeing every game everyone is playing on Facebook or every comment they leave on someone's page. I just feel like it's information that I don't need to know, and I don't want it to be a "top story" every time I log in. The only good thing to come out of the most recent FB update is the way you can follow or subscribe to friends. All you need to do is hover your cursor over their name and wait for the little box to pop up, then moved the cursor to hover the subscribed box, and then you can uncheck the things you don't want to subscribe to. These updates will then no longer show up on your wall feed.

• Sort your friends/likes/follows/RSS feeds into categories.
  On FB you can sort pages and friends into "lists" now. Laurie from TipJunkie has a great tutorial on how to set that up in your account.
  On Twitter you can sort those that you follow into lists as well. To do this, create a list first by clicking "lists" under the update box on the main Twitter page and then "create a list". Then you can click "following" on the right hand side to view those you are following and click the little person next to each following box and select "add to list". Now you can categorize all of your Twitter follows accordingly.
  For RSS feeds, it all depends on what you use to view them as to how you can categorize them. I use Google Reader. To add a folder to Google Reader, select one of your feeds that's already in GR and click on the little down arrow to the right of the title, then select "new folder". Simple. The only thing I don't like about Google Reader is if you want your feeds alphabetized in the folders, you have to do it manually.

Sort internet bookmarks in a way that is easy to navigate and makes sense to you. 

• I sort all of my internet bookmarks into folders. This makes things easier to find, but also is something that's stored away out of sight, so often gets out of hand. To combat this, I've thought of some questions to ask myself before bookmarking everything I find:
• Why am I bookmarking this?
• Will I access it at a later time or is it something that is just a quick read for later?
• If it's not something I'll use on a daily or weekly basis, is it a resource that will be useful to me in the future?
• Can I Google it if I need to? (For example, I have magazine websites bookmarked. I never use the links except maybe once or twice a year. I think I can Google that info instead if I need to.)

Use Read It Later, a Firefox add-on, to gather articles/blog posts/websites I want to read later.

• I love Firefox for the practical add-ons they have available. Read It Later is by far one of my faves. When there's a blog post or article on a website that I want to read, but don't have time - or that I want to reference for a blog post - I save it to Read It Later. All I have to do is click on the little yellow tag in the web address box in my browser and it automatically saves it. It doesn't save it on your computer, creating junk, it saves it online in your Read It Later account.
• The only issue: you can forget what you've marked to read later...creating pages and pages of things you need to catch up on. Guilty. I recently cleared mine out and now make sure to add it to my weekly schedule of things to do. I try not to abuse this add-on anymore and only mark things I truly am interested in getting back to.

Here are some resources (and other/different ideas) for more info on conquering internet digital clutter:

• See Jane Work :: Organizing Your Email
• Blogging With Amy :: How to Keep Your Inbox Empty
• Technology Your Way :: 3 Ways to Clean Up Your Digital Clutter

Tomorrow I'll be posting about conquering computer digital clutter. I felt like today's post was long enough that I didn't want it to drag on and on.

What have you done to conquer internet digital clutter at home?

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