My old art director told me my desktop had 47 files just sitting on it, so I finally tried a weekly 15 minute cleanup | Clutter-Free Workflows

Brooke Burns · 2026-09-11T00:45:03.815507+00:00

Last month my old art director glanced at my screen during a Zoom call and asked if I actually worked like that, with 47 random files and screenshots dumped loose on my desktop. I was embarrassed enough that I set a recurring alarm every Friday at 4pm to sort everything into just 4 folders: active, reference, archive, and trash. Three weeks in and I can actually find a client mockup in seconds instead of scrolling forever. Does anyone else do a scheduled cleanup, or do you sort stuff the second you make it?

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