Digital disorganization is a slow tax: ten minutes finding the file, five more finding the version, the deadline discovered at midnight. The fix isn't discipline — it's an architecture where things have exactly one home and returning them takes zero thought. One afternoon to build, minutes a week to maintain.
The four homes #
- The inbox — one place, processed to empty daily: notes, files, ideas enter here and get routed
- The course shelf — one section per course, materials where the course lives (in Ukkera, attached to lessons)
- The task list — one list, course-attached, the single answer to 'what now?'
- The archive — last semester's materials, out of sight, searchable when accreditation or nostalgia calls
The rules that keep it standing #
One home per item: a PDF lives with its lesson or it doesn't live anywhere. Two-minute routing: anything new gets filed in under two minutes or it stays in the inbox as a visible debt. Weekly sweep, fifteen minutes: empty inbox, archive the finished, verify the task list matches reality. And the meta-rule: when the system feels heavy, simplify it — systems fail from complexity, not neglect. The students who stay organized aren't more disciplined; they run lighter systems they never have to think about.