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Get Organized

Clever productivity tips and solutions to help optimize your digital life at work and at home

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Clever productivity tips and solutions to help optimize your digital life at work and at home

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The 5 Best AI Tools to Maximize Your Online Meetings
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The Best AI Tools for Taking Notes in 2025
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Tired of Airplanes and Cars? Download These Apps for Bus and Train Travel

Latest Get Organized How-Tos

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How to Use AI to Quickly and Easily Enhance Your Photos By Lance Whitney
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3 AI Keyboard Apps That Can Help Spruce Up Your Emails, Text Messages, and More By Lance Whitney
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11 Simple Efficiency Tips From a Productivity Expert By Jill Duffy
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How to Declutter and Get Rid of Old Electronics Responsibly By Jill Duffy
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Clean Up Your Messy Cables With These 9 Simple Tips By Jill Duffy
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Running Out of Storage? Clean Up Apple Messages to Free Up Space By Jill Duffy
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10 Cheap and Easy Ways to Level Up Your Home Office By Jill Duffy
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Appointment Schedule Is Now Free in Google Calendar—Here's How to Use It By Jill Duffy
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Everything You Need to Set Up an Ergonomic Home Office By Jill Duffy

Latest Stories

The 5 Best AI Tools to Maximize Your Online Meetings

From creating slides to transcribing live conversations, these are the best ways AI can help you get the most out of your video meetings.

By Robert Anderson
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The Best AI Tools for Taking Notes in 2025

Whether you have pages of details for a work or school project, artificial intelligence can help you organize, summarize, and leverage your ideas more efficiently. These are the AI-infused note-taking apps worth trying.

By Khamosh Pathak
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How to Use AI to Quickly and Easily Enhance Your Photos

Need to fix a wonky snapshot or jazz up a boring image? A variety of apps can help you repair and perfect your photos with assistance from AI.

By Lance Whitney
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7 Simple Steps for Organizing Your Tax Documents

This system for naming and storing all the paperwork you need to prepare your taxes is easy, and you don't have to follow it perfectly for it to work.

By Jill Duffy
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How to Organize Your Files in 4 Simple, Foolproof Steps

Our veteran productivity expert details her method for managing digital files: It's simple to implement, and since it's foundational, it will help you organize practically everything in your life.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Lesser-Known Airline Travel Tricks for a Smooth Flight

Did you know you can track your aircraft's previous flight to find out if you're likely to be delayed? Learn how and check out these other handy tips before boarding another plane.

By Jill Duffy
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Being Busy Isn't Aspirational: Why You Should Protect Your Time

Being busy, or even being perceived as busy, does no one any good. Here's how to ensure you have enough time for the things you need and want to do.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Simple Steps to Purge Digital Clutter

Cleaning up emails, documents, photos, and other digital junk can reduce stress and simplify your life. Here's how to streamline and declutter your devices.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Warning Signs You're About to Derail Your Workday and How to Avoid Them

If you catch yourself hiding your task list or working on a project too soon, you could be in for a suboptimal day at work. Watch for these red flags and learn how to turn it around.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Simple Ways to Cut Back on Social Media

Social media can hurt your productivity and mental health, but quitting cold turkey isn't right for everyone. Use these strategies to limit your time on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more.

By Jill Duffy
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How to Prep for Time Off: 8 Tips to Help You Actually Unplug

If you want to enjoy your well-earned break, tell your colleagues more than once when you will be out, set up away messages, and make it difficult for people to reach you.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Reasons to Shop Before Black Friday (and 3 Reasons to Wait)

You're in a better position to shop when you aren't under the pressure of a time-sensitive sale. But if you care most about getting the lowest price, wait for Black Friday. We explain why.

By Jill Duffy
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Decision Fatigue? Remember These 7 Tips to Make Better Choices Faster

Taking action is a more likely path to success than ruminating on options. Follow this advice to get past the decisions that are occupying your mind.

By Jill Duffy
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6 Tips for More Productive Meetings

By identifying and preparing for the right kind of meeting, you make the experience more useful for everyone. Our advice helps you set up your meetings for success.

By Jill Duffy
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5 Tips That Can Seriously Improve Your Business Writing

Bullet points and bold type aren't always your friends for business communication. Whether you're writing for coworkers or clients, follow these tips to ensure that everyone is on the same page.

By Jill Duffy
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Skeptical of AI? These 2 Key Tips Make It Much More Useful

Although generative AI sometimes fails to follow basic instructions, it can still help you brainstorm. Follow this simple advice to make it work for you.

By Jill Duffy
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4 Note-Taking Tips That Can Change Your Life

Making the right kind of notes has helped me learn from the past, be a better adult, and occasionally make some money.

By Jill Duffy
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'Microlearning' Is Way Less Productive Than You Think

Apps that promise to consolidate book-length learning into bite-size nuggets are a waste of your time. Here's why.

By Jill Duffy
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3 Things You Should Never Write in Slack

Don't dangle unfinished thoughts in front of your colleagues or write anything you wouldn't want an administrator to see.

By Jill Duffy
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Dismissing All Your Notifications? 5 Ways to Make Them Effective

If your badge counts and pop-up reminders go unnoticed, you probably have a signal-to-noise problem—but it's easy to fix.

By Jill Duffy
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