MORE TIME.  MORE FOCUS.  MORE SPACE.

Organize Your Digital “Stuff”
…Once and for All

A calming, fun hands-on course with Margaret Rode

4 TUESDAYS, NEXT SESSION TBA
(recordings available)

How much time—and how many brain cells—are we losing to hopelessly crammed email inboxes and to avalanches of files, web links, and images? And what could we be doing with that time instead?

For folks like us, there never seems to be enough time in the day to do all of the things we need or want to do. There’s never been a time in my self-employment voyage when I DIDN’T wish the clock would slow down and give me a few more hours. (What do you mean it’s 6:00 already? How did that even happen??)

Let’s get those hours back for you, ‘kay?

When life’s constantly in and out of “wait, let me just find that” mode, we lose precious time and focus. We dilute our days wading through files, re-doing things, finding images, mourning uncaptured ideas, and wrestling with the crush of email …which ultimately costs us thousands every year. I won’t even mention the new clients we could be helping if we put that time to better use.

People employed by someone else may not mind all of that, but we’re different. There are people out there who who need us. Our businesses can’t afford the luxury of disorganization.

I’d love to share the systems I’ve mastered that will change the whole game for you, and will let you invest that time in your clients and your passions instead.

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Well, well, well. Here we are in the digital age.

A zillion megabytes of wonderful knowledge at our fingertips day and night, even when standing in line at the grocery store. Twenty-five years ago, if we’d known we’d some day have so much useful information so readily available, we would’ve been overjoyed, right?

We couldn’t have foreseen the crush of 1000 emails in our inbox, folders full of hundreds of documents and images, push notifications igniting our mobile phones every day, and the constant pressure to simply keep up with what’s possible and what’s out there to help us.

And we couldn’t have guessed that the stress, distraction, and disorganization could actually be KEEPING us from being more successful with our work and our businesses.

But what if we could keep the best of the digital age, and immunize ourselves against the worst of it?

We can. And I’ll show you a completely new way to take back your time that’s easy-to-learn, intuitive, and—like all my workshops—fun. In this series of six easily-digestible sessions, we’ll learn:

THE BASICS

  • Learn how all that digital disorganization and noise is harming your energy, efficiency, and profitability every day
  • How to use your goals for the year to set up a filing/organization system that gives you energy & momentum (rather than the mess that’s currently stealing them from you)
  • Quick wins: Bite-sized actions to take today to reduce your clutter-caused stress almost immediately

MAKE EMAIL YOUR SUPERPOWER, NOT YOUR NEMESIS

  • Step by step guidance for mortals to get unburied, get organized, and get intentional with the messy gift of email communication
  • Get back the use of all those brain cells by setting up systems, automations, and an organization system that will carry you forward
  • Nifty tools and tricks that let you turn email into something that helps keep your work and business on track

A COOL DRINK FROM THE INTERNET INFORMATION FIREHOSE

  • An overview of managing the overwhelming fountain of knowledge, wisdom, and advice that is the Web
  • Quickly and critically assessing what you find out there to be sure you need it
  • Systems for gathering, organizing, and filing the heaps of useful-to-us information

CAPTURE YOUR FREE-RANGE INSPIRATIONS

  • How to be ready for great ideas whenever/wherever they show up…and learn to affect where they show up for you
  • Handy tools, sneaky tips, and easy-to-set-up systems to capture those brilliant inspirations
  • What to do then: Start something and plant a seed with them, reminders to remember them, sharing them, and the island of misfit ideas

FILES, FILES, AND MORE FILES

  • Keeping track of the what, the where, and (most importantly) the why of all those documents and images you keep
  • Approaching them from three directions: Findability, searchability, and aliasing
  • When to let go, mostly let go, or pretend you’ve let go of old stuff

YOUR BIG BAG O’ TRICKS

  • Wise habits for moving forward so you’re not re-buried in three days
  • Taking back your brain
  • Using the “cloud” wisely and well
  • Building a ‘calendar with benefits’ …and much more

Seem like a lot? Together, it’s going to be fun.

I’m Margaret Rode, and for more than 20 years I’ve been a business mentor and tech sherpa serving thoughtful solo practitioners, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits.

I offer this training for a very selfish reason: I was a card-carrying digital clutterer for most of my life, and it kept me stuck. I tracked the time my disorganization was costing me, and was horrified. When I started teaching this topic, I noticed how much easier it was to digest and implement these great new habits when we did it as a group.

If I can help even one other person recapture the time and the peace of mind to do work that matters instead, I’ll consider that an awesome day. And I’m way into awesome days.

The details:

This is a four-session series.

The sessions are 60 minutes, broken into 30 minutes of teaching (any more = brain strain) and an optional 30 minute Q&A/demo immediately following where we talk about this as a group and do a bit of hands-on. You’ll get:

Four lively, visual sessions via Zoom videoconference full of heart-centered business owners just like you

Step-by-step worksheets and bite-sized quickstart activities to help you apply what you learn right away, getting that decluttering muscle memory going

Audio and video recordings of each session (to be able to go back and follow along)

Group support from kindred spirits via dedicated Q&A and coworking sessions

When we’re through, you’ll be ready to stop losing so much time and income to digital clutter…and put them to use on things that make you happier and more profitable instead.

Next Series:

DATES TBA
1pm Los Angeles / 4pm New York / 9pm London

Four 60-minute live sessions
Note: Video recordings and resources are available if you need to miss a session. Seats are limited so I can give maximum personal attention during and between sessions.

Cost: $75.00

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Sign up – and let’s get this done together, among friends & kindred spirits

  • Four fun sessions, step-by-step how-to downloads to keep and implement, Q&A, and recordings if you need to miss a session