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You are so right the more folders the headache is bigger because the search becomes unending for index does not always find something right away.  I have an overload of files, and in spite of being superorganized you can become so organized that it becomes messy system that you wanted to avoid.  I have a load of duplicates because of all this drama.  Thank you so much for making things super simple.

Nice system for personal organization 👍 In business environments though, things can get more complex with approvals, version control, and compliance. That’s where tools like Dokmee or similar document management systems really help.

Only takeaway for me: you could name files in this format:
<date> <contents> so that they can be sorted more easily by chronological relevance.

One huge reason the standard "date created" attribute is unreliable is because when you start copying files across folders or drives (e.g. as part of a backup strategy) the "Date Created" field typically records when that copy of the file was created, irrespective of the original file or its actual contents.

I am an administration staff. I adjust my section very messy NAS folders. It took ±3 years to finish and running well. A year ago, they moved me to other section which has much more messy than the first one. I dont know how many years to clean up this section folders 😢
I did your date-based & name-based arrangement and it suits me very well. It works until now. Your video will be very inspiring for many staff out there.

I love your breakdown for file management. I use the app endless paper when mapping out my initial schematic of my folder breakdown. That way I don’t run out of room and I can expand or zoom to fit everything I need to see before making my folder setup

Love your channel Lea! So glad I found it. Thank you for the great content and the effort you put into each tutorial. Appreciate it.

Thank you so much for the recommendations. They are very useful and easy to apply. Greetings from Mexico, may God bless you greatly.

Feels good to know that I've adopted all of this (and some more) at my practice,  since 1995. Clients are zapped when i (and my team) are able to hand them the historical data in the blink of an eye.

I'm planning on selling my desktop PC and getting a powerful laptop, and I've been organizing my files in a specific way since I was 13 years old (I'm 30 now). I started naming a folder HOMEWORK in my dad's laptop, haha, and since then my method has been very arbitrary against default Windows folders. Sometimes you can't choose to install something outside "ProgramFiles" and then the things start getting funky. Thank you so much for this video.

📂 Organizar arquivos e pastas por tópicos selecionados.
🎯 Mantenha o número de pastas entre 5 e 8.
🧱 Gerencie o conteúdo das pastas por categoria ou por nome.
📄 Utilize nomes de arquivos apropriados para facilitar a busca.

From Egypt with respect, much appreicated 😎😎

Agree —— the music confuses the effectiveness of communication to me too! It would be better for me to not having dueling audio signals coming at me.

Thank you very much for explaining the most straightforward, simple, and truly effective method I have seen in a long time (I say this with at least 10 months of experience).

It's great to see your video about file management. I have been using date-based file convention for the last 17 years. So can reproduce any document in a while. Your tips are always useful. Thank you so much.

I'm so glad I came across your videos. With 25+ years of files, I've been wanting to improve and simply my file management system. While the system I had 20 years ago was fine at the time, it's now time to make some changes. Thanks so much.

wow your contect, mindset, health and just yourself :face-red-heart-shape::face-blue-wide-eyes::hand-orange-covering-eyes::thanksdoc::virtualhug::yougotthis::medal-yellow-first-red::socialdist:🥰

Thank Lea. Most informative!