A Guide For Digital Organization | Digital Minimalism

[@obchristian]

1. Have a folder organization system 1:03. 2. Have a backup drive 1:40. 3. Scan papers into PDF's 3:00. 4. Clean up bookmarks and favorites 3:59. 5. Create a master list for passwords 5:30. 6. Clean up email and use labels 6:58. Great video!

[@mham42]

For the password management i suggest bitwarden, but if you want a locally stored one maybe keepass.

[@EXTRAEDC]

I wanted to type the same thing XD.. BUT never loose your Master Password .. store it offline and memorize it.. Passwords are one of the most powerfull types of data one can steal..

[@davidperrii]

This came at the best time, also I love how you employ proper digital/cybersecurity tips. Encryption and carrying a physical token is extremely well thought out, amazing

[@Manuel-rl6um]

Man, I've watched quite a few videos of you since yesterday and I love your content. If I was a KZbinr, your channel would be the closest thing haha. Your subtle humour is awesome. Looking forward to watching more of your content. Greetings from Spain.

[@NicholasGarofola]

I appreciate that 🙌🏻

[@afterplugstore2816]

Hey Nicholas! We're absolutely loving your channel - your videos are so cool and sophisticated, and your minimalism are lit! 💥To be honest, we're a startup Amazon store and we're seriously pumped to explore innovative tech products that have the potential to simplify lives for everyone. We truly appreciate individuals like you who recognize and share the value and beauty of well-functional products. Keep staying true to your passion because you've got some serious influence just by doing what you love! 🚀💥

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thanks so much!!

[@carlosi.4448]

Great delivery and production. Can't wait to see some of your video library. Subscribed!

[@starttofinishmediaco.2520]

Love seeing your video production style evolve over time 🎉 looks great!

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thank you!!

[@jblizzard962]

What can you tell about your tattoos? What job do you have. What can you tell about your house? Please do another q and a?

[@NicholasGarofola]

I might be overdue for a q&a where I can talk about all of these things

[@clumpzilla5138]

Your password philosophy is insane, but I love it. I might just try that out.

[@readysettech2891]

I’d like to know what’s the name of the case where you store your cables a hard drives that appears in minute 2:20 👀

[@NicholasGarofola]

Orbitkey Nest

[@Brandon-qp7gq]

make sure to have several backups for those fido keys

[@wrockage]

hi nicholas! i liked your folder organization suggestion. i took my organization a little further by trying to categorize my life across a handful of categories, and then using that as my folder organization for (1) computer data, but also for my (2) e-mail account organization, and even to (3) paper notebooks (though i try to minimize paper). so it's the same categories across everything if that makes sense. i find this helps me to be consistent in how i store things and for knowing where to go to retrieve information later. hope this helps! cheers, and thanks for sharing!

[@NicholasGarofola]

Well said!

[@glyph_official]

I'd recommend 1Password for password management. But really, Bitwarden, Keepass, or Dashlane are also fine. Even Safari's built-in password manager thing is actually pretty excellent. The thing you're doing with PDFs is way better than sharing passwords between sites, but it adds a lot of complexity and there are a lot of technical details which are … very much not securing them as much as you think they are, so a lot of the extra work you're doing with encryption, "hiding" folders, and such is mostly just wasted. Whereas those purpose-built password managers are protected by teams of extremely sophisticated engineers, who understand the evolving threats to your security. Most of all: 1Password can be unlocked by Touch ID and is actually much *more* convenient than sharing passwords, as opposed to putting a lot of extra effort into something else.

[@wherezthebeef]

Keepass if you don't want it to sync with an online account.

[@MayerAd]

Loved the random bread eating interlude

[@NicholasGarofola]

More where that came form

[@MayerAd]

@@NicholasGarofola I think I speak for all of us when I say we truly cannot wait for more of that gloriousness.

[@kthename08]

Great tips!

[@kevinmedeiros8206]

Man, love your style in the videos, calm voice, nice and calm color grading and it's just awesome to watch. I noticed in your videos you've ditched the orbit key nest for a bellroy tech pouch, any reason why? I' thinking on getting one bc of the organization and the multifunction to serve as a wireless charger and a place to drop edc. Thanks for the content!

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thanks so much! I prefer the Bellroy, for a few reasons but mainly because it’s soft shelled, and more compact. I think the Orbitkey may be better if it permanently stays on the desk

[@najiajam1465]

The best videos to see you when you’re eating your breakfast keep going W❤

[@HiiipowerDanni]

Your editing is getting better and better. I love your content and your channel!

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thank you Danni!!

[@HiiipowerDanni]

@@NicholasGarofola Do you mind if I email you and get some advice on YT and creating content?

[@NicholasGarofola]

@@HiiipowerDanni Please do!

[@omarciano42]

for bookmarks I have three folders: to read, to buy and to watch, so you can just throw any website in the folder that fits it better and check out later

[@NicholasGarofola]

I like that a lot!

[@HiiipowerDanni]

I need to do all of this especially with my photos and videos becauwe paying too much for storage on a monthly basis

[@brandonkaylor4100]

Self-hosted bitwarden for password management.

[@thomaswinward]

My man, can you add chapter markers to your videos? Would be great for list / step by step videos like this.

[@pauljakeman]

This was a great deep dive buddy! I’ve started organising by year, but need to reorganise the stuff from before so it’s a work in progress. Great idea with scanning things as pdfs, got too much stuff in physical folders that I’m not sure if I need or not. Yeah I need to organise my bookmarks, they are, well, a mess! I love the rules on gmail that lets you put things automatic into folders, it’s really a great feature! Awesome video again Nicholas. Just need to say too, your b roll is awesome!

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thank you as always Paul! - You're best friend from across the Pond

[@pauljakeman]

@@NicholasGarofola that’s so nice of you mate! - best mate across the pond too. Hope your doing well!

[@Brian_Vallejo]

Great video. You gave a lot of useful tips that I need to start implementing :)

[@theharshbhagat]

Helpful Video☺️. Question: BTW ,Do you play any games on your phone,tab or pc.., if yes then please mention name and follow any system of lockscreen and homescreen setup?

[@jonatankoch]

love the consistent high quality of the videos, once again learned a lot thanks mate particularly the key-usb is intresting where can i get it?

[@NicholasGarofola]

amzn.to/3HzoNqp

[@SM-yy2vg]

Great video. I haven’t fully embraced the digital lifestyle. All my passwords are written down, I still use paper and pencil to balance the bank accounts. 😊

[@NicholasGarofola]

Nothing wrong with that!

[@RespectfullyCurious]

I highly recommend using a password manager. I don't mean to be rude, but in my opinion this is like "you should drink water" type of advice for the digital life. I finally convinced my non-tech savvy family to use a password manager last year and they never looked back. This isn't just an organizational tip but also a security and digital hygiene tip.

[@xxgg]

So what program do you recommend to use for encryption?

[@lirazel2001]

Love your folder organization system and the backup drive really tiny compared to mine :)

[@samueltremblay275]

I'm wondering why you use an external hard drive instead of something like Google Drive? Is it because of the cost versus the available space? Or the fact that your data are somewhere you don't control? Or something else? Comments are very oriented about the way you manage your passwords but I would be very interested in the whys of you external hard drive. I ask because I'm very interested about this method which I think could free me about being locked in Google environment.

[@catpackages]

What's the black box thing that holds your cables and hard drive in that has a elastic strap on it?

[@NicholasGarofola]

Orbitkey Nest!

[@maxmustermann9858]

I wouldn’t suggest using a PDF with a password to store sensitive data especially all your passwords. Password protected PDF are actually not safe at all, for someone with just a bit of knowledge and a internet connection you can crack them pretty easily. I would suggest you try out keepass as a local and open source method of storing your passwords otherwise you can still use a pdf or spreadsheet but I would recommend encouraging them with VeraCrypt or Plain old PGP.

[@viniciusvini4297]

friend do you use excel to count the finances? like when you make purchases in installments and need to launch in several months..

[@Amoux_Fang]

does no one use the implimented keychain on apple or chrome auto save passwords instead of buying something

[@RamseyNick]

Great vid! :)

[@NicholasGarofola]

Thanks!

[@PACMPR]

I’d like to use something like the encrypted pdf for passwords but I’m not quite sure how to do that? Do I need a specific program to make the pdf file encrypted? I know how to make word type docs and save them as pdf but going the extra encryption step, I’m lost

[@parthaprateempatra4278]

You can get web based tools to password protect your pdf

[@Nycozi]

What is the case you use to put your external in?

[@NicholasGarofola]

Orbitkey Nest! amzn.to/3NMVuV5

[@Nycozi]

@@NicholasGarofola Fantastic thank you

[@XB75015]

Hi, where did you get your AirTag keychain holder?

[@NicholasGarofola]

amzn.to/40WqEMQ

[@blakew5672]

Would love to see a how-to video about how you use Notion (it looked like you had in on the iPad Mini). Im dipping my toes into Notion myself and still looking for how best to utilize it, set it up, etc. The freedom it gives you is great, but when you’re used to more set programs can be daunting as well

[@NicholasGarofola]

Working on that as we speak! Probably have that made next month

[@Bishal692]

❤️

[@goat8614]

I save my passwords in an excel sheet in google drive. I would want to hear what others think. Been like it for the past 10 years

[@YazBelinskiy]

Pdf passwords are pretty pathetic, typically crackable in a few hours with simplest tools..

[@RespectfullyCurious]

Yea, this is one of the worst pieces of advice I have seen on the internet in a while. Using a password manager is faster, easier and better than the pdf method mentioned. There's free, reliable and secure options out there.

[@JstAustinn]

🔥🔥🔥

[@vanessacapuch7902]

Why did you prefer to use Google email than Apple's own email?

[@Whigu]

0:58 Protip: Remember to use somebody else tootbrush not your own

[@mikefigure]

What app do you use to edit your videos???

[@NicholasGarofola]

Final Cut Pro

[@thehollowbox]

I see you've gotten a lot of suggestions down here for password managers. Trust is a hard thing to earn when it comes to that. But a dedicated solution for security is better than a passworded document not rigorously tested and audited. Many security professionals recommend keepass/keepass xc. And you can still use your preferred encrypted folder with a keepass file instead of PDF. Adobe shouldn't be trusted with your data.

[@thehollowbox]

Side note. Your keepass file can also need a hardware key to open. So no one can just copy your file and bruit force the passwords. No matter how good the computer is.

[@StarsTogether]

You're reading something of value here. If you're keen on this topic, there's a relevant book I suggest. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@irfaanalam2003]

🎉

[@ChinmayGaikwad12]

Password management these days is such task in iteself.

[@NicholasGarofola]

Agreed

[@j4n3m84]

3:18

[@tarunkumarm5120]

That cup was empty!

[@RicardoAP831.]

Great Video! It be cool if you would make you study with me videos public.

[@NicholasGarofola]

I might!

[@elCondeY]

x1.25 speed

[@marbenlawas3143]

Dude you're getting thinner. You ok?

[@BasedHyperborean]

He's into meal minimalism now.

[@NicholasGarofola]

I'm good! Just built for speed and aerodynamics

[@marbenlawas3143]

@@NicholasGarofola I see, good to hear that. :)

[@Brandon_Zs]

first comment

[@YotsubaNakano2]

bro i been a fan but switch it up feel like i seen how minimalism for digital like 5 videos this year from you. Im a fan been subbed just saying switch it up