3.8 - Keep your spaces tidy

Both digital and physical. A cluttered workspace produces a cluttered mind, and the inverse is also true. The few minutes a day it takes to tidy up earn themselves back many times over.

The categories worth keeping clean:

• Desktop (zero files on it, ideally)

• Folders (organized, named, findable)

• Notes (filed where you can search)

• Browser tabs (close them; you can find them again)

• Dock and home screen (only what you actually use)

• Physical desk, room, car

Tidiness isn't aesthetic. It's a way of keeping your environment from costing you attention.