How to Boost Your (Study) Performance by cleaning up your Mess

You don’t need a new productivity app.
You don’t need to reinvent your workflow.

What you need is one single day—a full, focused session—to bring conscious order into your digital chaos.

Because digital performance isn’t just about speed.
It’s about clarity.
When your files, tabs, tools, and devices are organized with intention, you think clearer, work faster, and feel less overwhelmed.

Here’s a checklist for your Digital Reset Day in 2025:

✅ Set Conscious Browser Tabs

Every time you open your browser, it should nudge you toward the right mindset.
Set default tabs that inspire, support, or align with your work. Not distractions.

✅ Declutter and Curate Your Bookmark Bar

If your bookmarks are random, you’re wasting energy.
Reorganize them so they serve you:

• Active Projects

• Research

• Tools

• Inspiration

✅ Tidy Your Taskbar or Dock

Pin only what you actually use.
Less noise = More flow.

✅ Clean Up Your Folders

Don’t wait for “someday.”
Today is the day.
Rename, restructure, delete what you don’t need.
Bring clarity to your digital workspace.

✅ Sort Your Downloads Folder

Yes, that black hole.
Clear it. Categorize it. Keep it clean going forward.

✅ Refactor Your Excel Files

Create a “Data Hub.”
Label sheets clearly.
Archive old stuff.
Make your spreadsheets readable—even to your future self.

✅ Format Your USB Devices

If you still use them:
Organize. Encrypt if needed. Clean out the junk.

✅ Tame Your Email Folders

Set rules. Use folders.
Star what matters.
Unsubscribe from what doesn’t.

✅ Master 3 New Shortcuts

Choose the main tools you use daily, and learn 3 shortcuts for each.
This alone can save you hours over time.

✅ Organize Your Physical Desk

Digital performance is affected by your real-world environment.
Make your desk clean, inspiring, and distraction-free.

✅ Declutter Other Devices

Your phone, tablet, camera, e-reader—clear the clutter.
Delete useless apps. Rearrange screens with intent.

✅ Unfollow YouTube Channels That Don’t Serve You

Free your algorithm.
Keep the content that feeds your growth, and let go of the rest.

Final Thought

We often overestimate the power of tools, and underestimate the power of structure.

One day of intentional cleanup and reorganization can boost your digital performance for months.

Make it an annual ritual. Or a monthly reset.
But most of all—make it conscious.

The more intentional your digital space, the more powerful your digital self.