Week 1: Productivity Organization
Week 1 Goal: To learn what digital organization is, why it’s important, and how to organize folders for greater productivity.
Day 2 Task: Create a new gmail email account. If you already have one, then great! You’re already ahead and won’t have to create a new one unless you choose to, however, still read on for the importance and benefits of having one for this challenge.
Signing up for a gmail email account is completely free. In order to begin your digital decluttering, a gmail account will be required, especially when it’s time to create your folders and files as this challenge progresses forward.
How to complete today’s task: Click here to sign up for your new free gmail email account.
Welcome to Day 2 of the YLT Digital Organization Challenge!
Today is about creating your new gmail email account and the importance of creating it. Throughout this challenge, we will be using your gmail account quite a bit. There will be certain parts of this challenge that require the use of a gmail account specifically.
Benefits of a gmail account
- access your account from any computer or digital device
- 15 GB of free storage space – you can buy more space if needed
- ability to use google drive for storage
- calendar and contacts automatically backed up
- security
- access multiple apps with one account
- have access to all your files, even while on the go
- synching across your digital devices
If you are an iOS user, you can still access your gmail account inside your iOS mail app, in addition to using your gmail app. You will need to make sure you have the synching option turned on in order for the two to synch together and for your mail to show up on both.
Later this week, we will discuss organizing your email account for optimal productivity and organization. That’s all for today.
