How to Organize Your Life – Digitally
Get the digital chaos out
of your head and into a
system that fits your weird brain
A free, self-paced course for quirky, distracted humans who are tired of losing files, forgetting passwords, and feeling like garbage humans about it.
You’ll start piecing together a setup that actually works the way your brain works.
100% free. No credit card required.
If your digital life feels like 47 open tabs and a haunted downloads folder…yeah, same.
Everything lives in your head…until it doesn’t.
You’re keeping track of appointments, passwords, that one PDF that you downloaded from a random website three months ago, and the grocery list for Wegmans. Your brain has 30 tabs open and is doing the work of at least 12 different apps. Your brain is exhausted.
You’ve tried all the systems. They don’t stick in your brain.
You’ve tried Notion, Trello, Asana, Airtable, Click Up, bullet journals, a white board hung up in your kitchen. Every system you’ve tried works for four-ish days, maybe a week if you’re lucky, then quietly goes to sit in a pile and the guilt starts to consume you.
Tech feels like a whole other terrifying rabbit hole to learn.
You know you should probably use a password manager…but which one is safe? You can’t remember the last time you ever backed anything up…if ever. And every time you start Googling these things…there’s a bunch of terrifying articles and you never move forward.
Your shame spiral is working overtime.
Everyone else seems to just…have folders. They have systems that work and passwords they remember. Why the hell can’t you have folders and systems and passwords? You’re smart, capable…but finding last year’s tax documents is like finding the lost ark.
Maybe the problem isn’t you…it’s the fact that no one has built anything for your brain.
You are not broken. I promise. The systems that you’ve tried were built for brains that love color-coded tabs and single-tasking and don’t go in millions of directions at once. That is not you…and it certainly isn’t me.
This free course walks you through the stuff nobody clearly explains in a way that actually makes sense for quirky, distracted humans. You’ll figure out why organization is genuinely hard for our brains (spoilers…it’s not a character flaw). We’ll talk about paper vs. digital organization and how to pick between the two without spiraling into a three-hour comparison spreadsheet project. I’ll show you how to stop being scared of the technology, because technology is not the boss of you. And you’ll learn how to keep your shit secure without turning cybersecurity into your next hyperfixation.
We’ll go slow, we’ll be weird, and you’ll leave with the first pieces of a system that actually makes sense to your brain.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the start of a plan to actually know where your shit is
Stop losing 20 minutes hunting for files
You’ll know how to figure out the folder structure that makes sense to you, so finding that one document stops being a scavenger hunt and is a super easy click away.
Feel less scared of the technology
I will break down the digital security stuff in plain language, so you’ll finally understand what a password manager is and why you actually want one. No cybersecurity expertise needed.
Pick paper or digital without the guilt spiral
There’s no morally superior option here, I promise. You’ll figure out what genuinely works best for your brain and your capacity. No more forcing yourself to be paper or digital just because someone else swears by it.
Back your shit up (finally…)
You’ll learn exactly what you need to back up, and where and how to do it. The next time your laptop dies or your kid spills apple juice on it, you’re golden. Everything is safe.
Get a system that bends with you
You’re not forcing yourself into a rigid, tear-it-all-down just to start all over again type of system. You’ll start building something easy to tweak, ignore for a week and come back to that’ll still make sense.
The whole thing follows three simple parts…
Figure out your brain
Before we touch a single folder, we’ll look at why organization has been hard for you in the past and what your brain actually needs.
Set up the basics safely
We’ll figure out password managers, digital security, and the technological confidence so you can stop being scared of your own laptop.
Organize and back it up
You’ll decide what needs organizing, build the folder setup that makes sense to you, and make sure it gets backed up so future you doesn’t cry when you get the blue screen of death.
What’s inside the course
Why organization is genuinely hard for you
We start with the why, because you deserve to understand what’s actually going on in your brain before you start building your system.
Paper vs. digital…and how to pick
The pros and cons of each, along with how to figure out which one to choose for your brain (no wrong answers).
Getting over your fear of technology
This lesson is for you if technology makes you want to hide in a blanket fort. We’ll talk about where that fear comes from and how to feel comfortable and capable.
Staying secure in a digital world
This is digital security 101 – no crazy terminology. We’ll talk about what to actually worry about and how to protect yourself without becoming paranoid.
Password managers…demystified
We’ll talk about what they are, why they’re useful, and how to pick one that is actually secure. You can finally stop using the same password from 2011 for every log in.
Pick your tools while avoiding shiny object syndrome
You’ll figure out what tools you actually want to use and actually will use, rather than signing up for your fourth new app this week.
Decide what actually needs to be organized
You don’t need a folder for everything. We’ll walk through how to figure out what’s worth organizing and what you can safely ignore or delete, if you want to.
A folder set up that makes sense to you
You’ll get a starting point for organizing your files in a way your brain can actually navigate without a 20 step process.
Back your shit up
This lesson will save your ass one day. We’ll cover what to backup, where, and how often.
What folks say after working with me
How to Organize Your Life – Digitally
Free (for real)
Who’s behind the course
Hey, I’m Sarah. By day, I’m a licensed CPA and IT and internal controls auditor. By the rest of the time, I’m an AuDHD mom of two elementary kids, two young huskies, and a brain that loves to chase rabbit holes with wild abandon. I built this course because I got tired of watching smart, quirky humans feel like garbage over systems that were never built for us. I promise I’m not going to hand you cookie-cutter productivity advice. You bring your weird, I’ll bring the practical stuff, and we’ll figure it out together.
You may have some questions…
Get the chaos out of your head and into a system that fits your weirdness
It’s free, self-paced, and built for the way your brain works. Come see what’s possible when the system bends to you instead of the other way around.