These days, your whole life fits in your pocket but its still probably a giant mess. Think about it: You tidy up your house and wash your car after a few days of use. You’ve been checking your email and social-media accounts for years, but whens the last time you gave them a good cleaning?
Follow this step-by-step guide to keep your virtual life spic and span.
1. Scrub Your Inbox (Maximum time: 1 hour)
To get down to zero, create three inbox folders: family, finances, and miscellaneous. Sort everything relevant (notes from your wife, online receipts, etc.), and delete spam and messages that don’t matter anymore.
Call on unroll.me for backup. Its a free service that removes you from unwanted email lists with one click. Enter your address, and select Inbox. You’ll see every list you’re on, and can opt out by selecting “Unsubscribe”. Done.
2. Organize Your Passwords (Maximum time: 30 minutes)
If you’re like us, you probably use the same password for every account. Sure, your pets name and the year you were born did we guess it? Is easy to remember, but its not especially safe.
With the steady stream of hacks we saw in 2014, upping your privacy game is a good idea. The easiest and safest way to do this is by using 1Password, recommends Kurt Wagner, social media reporter for Re/Code.
Enter all of your logins one time, and the app will generate new random, unique, intricate passwords that no one will ever be able to guess. All of these passwords are stored inside the locked app, which can be opened with your one master password (the only code you’ll ever need to memorize). The app syncs up with your computer over Wi-Fi, so you wont have to enter the passwords by hand on your regular devices.
3. Filter Your Facebook Feed (Maximum time: 1 hour)
Let the purge begin! Cut your vague acquaintances and strangers first-a.k.a. the folks you met during your first week of freshman year and never saw again…….
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