🗂️ The One Folder Rule That Will Clean Up Your Digital Chaos

If your desktop, documents, or downloads folder looks like a digital junk drawer, this one’s for you.

We’re not talking about color-coding, buying fancy software, or doing a Marie Kondo audit.
This is about one simple rule that transforms how you manage files forever.

✅ Tip #1: Use a “Working” Folder to Stay Organized

Create one folder called @Working (the @ keeps it at the top).

Put it somewhere easy to reach—like your desktop or Documents.

Here’s how it works:

• Anything you're actively working on lives in this folder.

• Once it’s done (sent, submitted, uploaded), file it or trash it.

It becomes your daily workspace—and helps you avoid saving everything randomly across your system.

✅ Tip #2: Auto-Clean Your Downloads Folder

Your downloads folder is a black hole, right? Here’s how to fix that automatically.

🧽 Windows:

Use Storage Sense:

• Settings > System > Storage > Configure Storage Sense

• Turn on automatic cleanup for files older than 30 days

🍏 macOS:

Use Automator or Hazel to:

• Move files from Downloads to Archive after X days

• Auto-delete installer files or duplicate downloads

Now your system cleans itself—like a Roomba for your downloads folder.

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Send this to the friend whose desktop looks like a game of Minesweeper—or your coworker who can never find that “Q3 report.pdf.”
They’ll thank you next week.