Organize All Your Files & Folders in 3 Clicks or Less!

Is file and folder management driving you crazy? Do you wish you could organize your folder system so you can find your files faster and spend less time searching? In this video, Scott Friesen shows you 2 simple folder methods you can use right away that will guarantee you find the files you're looking for in 3 clicks or less.

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[hassanmaje]

Real life scenarios and work are much more complex, dynamic, etc...and although one may start off with a structure like the ones you mention, over time it's not possible to stick to this as workflow, workload, requirements, the need to track things from multiple perspectives, branches, etc become much more complex and demanding resulting in a maze of files and folders.

[dr.anupamdeka]

Very useful video. Integrating it with the PARA ( Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives) system suggested by Tiago Forte in his book " Building a Second Brain" will take productivity to another level, merging work and organising seamlessly

[rudniok]

I use a colorization method to keep my files in order. I use red for important files, green for personal files, and so on. I create folders using a free tool called Folder Marker Free, and then I can sort and filter the folders by color. This speeds up my file search significantly.

[christiandevos]

You suggested the ABC method earlier. Since then I use it and I'm happy with it. Before that my structure was like a mess, now I find every file within a few seconds. Thank you for that advice.

[melodydavis]

I had never considered (or heard) about the ABC method but I am intrigued.

[Pcoxproductions]

6:25 ABC method for Folder Structure-> it like a library for folders

[colinpowda]

Thankfully not another PARA video. I'm sick of seeing that method everywhere and refreshing to see there are better alternatives. I like how your brain works. Please keep it ticking.

[stephanieingram]

Very interesting…good video as usual… I’ll have to think about the ABC method…I have been doing the PARA method…..❤

[holistichealingastrology]

Thank you for this insightful video. Love it

[tumblingrosesstudio]

This is great- my Google Drive is a decade of chaos!! I need advice on storing references for active projects that I also want to store logically for long term. Tips??

[superAweber]

A lot of this is because Drive has an antiquated interface. There should be a tree view pane on the left, letting you go to any level with 1 click. I'm looking for a tree view client for Drive. I've found one in development as a browser plugin.

[ditchcomfort]

Perhaps a stupid question but how do you, for example, file your bills? In F for Finance or just B for Bills? And do you put every single bill into the same folder?

[designsbycookie]

ah I love a sub folder! I organise my files to within an inch of their lives!🤣 I think I'll give the ACPT method or go, or at least something similar. For work I tent to organise top level by year and 'archive' the previous year, perhaps not the best approach?

[ctcboater]

You're very lucky if this simplified system works for you. My work is much, much more complex, including CAD, spreadsheets, Word docs, graphics files and other stuff. About 50K files.

[garfieldorangecat]

For the abc method, what should we do if the file or folder we are looking for can be called 2-3 different things? How do we know where to look next time?
Here's an example: If I want to create a folder for my math class (named "algebra and trigonometry") I could have 3 possibilities: "Maths", "Algebra", and "Trigonometry". How can I be sure that I am looking at the right place next time I am looking for a file or folder?

[sabinesabine]

20 years ago explorer had a much better search function as now. Nowadays it is hard to find anything with it.

[gidi]

Good effort attacking the routing problem,
but your suggestion is wrong in my opinion (although it does contain truths).

Because you add "3" as an arbitrary input to your system,
- ppl don't agree it should be "3" - so when sharing, you have a problem.
- and every meaningful value that was shortened to "3" will loose it's meaning.

Maybe consider a parallel folder tree with links.
To separate current important views from the scope of your data.

Pathways are valuable, but one should map them to more than a list on a page.
And pathways that cross work spaces should not become a routine.

lastly I suggest grouping all data firstly within a "situation tree" or "work spaces tree" - so
you first navigate to the desired work space, and manage the data in an object-tree parallel to a current-usage-tree relevant to the work space. if you are a programmer or want statistics, add a third parallel tree for "object types".

I hope commercials and notifications will become optional! (including mid-messages outside the scope of the title)
My attention span is becoming garbage.

[RistalBridgeAcademy]

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[dh]

I have grown to hate the entire concept of folders. It's an idea stemming from the ancient age of the filing cabinet.
There ought to be a better system, one that's not impossible to learn after you have gotten used to folders.
It is an obstacle in the human mindset, that we tend to view digital files and data as unique physical objects that are stored in a certain place.
If you get documents which touch multiple subjects of somewhat equal importance, like a bill for a car part, in which folder do you put it to reliably find it years later? In the folder that contains your financial information or the one that contains everything concerning your car?
The solution seems to be a system using labels, but it needs powerful search and filter functions in order to work and also has to be simple so it doesn't overwhelm the user with options.
Too bad there don't seem to be any solutions like that if you want to keep using Windows and have access to your files locally.
Microsoft simply is still stuck in the stone age of software...

The Calibre e-book manager is a good example of how something like this could look, but it's only concerned with one type of content and is not that great in usability and customizability for the end user.

[danieldomiense]

I'm guessing in how to visualize the spreadsheets I've shared to other people on Google Drive... can you please help me out?