New Year, New Comp-U-Ter Organization Challenges

Have you all been getting the same emails as I have? Lose 10 pounds by January 31! Get your home organized in 21 days! It seems that as soon as the New Year hits, everyone wants to make some positive changes to have less junk and more organization in her life. But you know what? I don’t last very long on diets, and my house only stays neat and clean for a short time. This year I don’t want to spend the time on something that doesn’t last. I want to spend my time on my important things~ like digi-scrapping. Or perhaps I should rephrase that- I want to record my family’s history to last forever? That sounds so much more important, doesn’t it?

Instead of worrying about counting calories in my cereal or the clothes in the back of my closet (you know, that ones that might fit if I counted the calories in my cereal), I want to work on the good stuff. Instead of trying to get my sock drawer to stay color coordinated, I am going to get my digital papers color coordinated! I want to get my computer organized, cleaned up and running great. I want to finally get all of my digital goodies tagged so I can find them when I want them. I want to finally take the time to delete all of the digital elements I know that I will never use, and I definitely want to toss some of the ones I tried to make myself way back when. Now that I can see my fonts and my brushes, I want to get them organized and tagged too.

Even though I have been an ACDSee Photo Manager user for well over a year, I know that I still do not use it at its full capacity. There are neat projects I want to try out and learn how to use better. So my New Year’s Resolution is to work a bit every day on getting my digital stash under control. When that is done, I will be better able to try out some of those features, like slide shows and PowerPoint presentations. I am going to do this by setting up some challenges for me to follow. As I complete these tasks, I am going to come back here and blog about it so you can follow along. Better yet, I’ve heard that resolutions tend to be more successful when you have a partner. Imagine what many partners could do together! I think you should come along for the ride, don’t you?

Starting on Monday and every following Monday, I am going to post a challenge for us to work on some tasks. I will be blogging about how I made out completing the challenge. I’ll also be posting tips on how to do these tasks so if you aren’t sure the best way to work something out, I’ll be able to guide you through. And I am sure we will all learn a lot more about Photo Manager as well.

Looking forward to a new year and a new Comp-U-ter with all of you!

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