I’ve been getting used to working with my netbook and my new minimalist workspace.
I think I’ve found a nice way to stay productive without multitasking.
Avoid multitasking
If you don’t trust me, you can always find the reasons in this interesting post written by Leo Babauta on his zenhabits.net
What I did
I disinstalled those programs that are not useful to me.
In disinstalling applications, make sure you take one step at a time so to evaluate if you can disinstall some more. Changing needs all of your effort, you must devote all of your energies to make the change you want to see in your life and in your digital life as well. You must be conscious that it WILL take some time to adapt optimally to a new habit. The best thing you can do is this: enjoy every little step you take during the process. As in deleting useless digital junk, enjoy disinstalling your applications, so to have more free time to devote to what you really want to do in life.
On starting the decluttering process
The main question you could ask yourself is always the same:
“According to my needs, do I really need this [application, file, whatever…]?”
If you read my two-parts article Guide To Declutter Every Byte of your Digital Life you may be aware of this life decluttering-process and its steps.
Basically, take a small step every single day in order to purge all of those files or applications you don’t really need. Take your time to evaluate your real needs, and if you have to stop during the process, it’s completely ok. The result of this process will change your life so, if you feel like reflecting on it, it’s OK!.
My favorite applications in Ubuntu Linux
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MEDIA PLAYER – VLC I stick with it to play media files.
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TEXT EDITING – Gedit – Abiword – PyRoom – JDarkRoom I love writing new material in plain text files (TXT).
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FILE TRACKER/Locator – Kupfer I launch it by shortcut and I open and run documents, programs or type web addresses in it. It’s perfect!
The result? I’m free from the worry of using applications.
I have relatively simple needs, so I just want my computer to do its duty.
The simpler, the better