When you are not working a regular job, you often tend to have a lot more smaller projects happening. You have have a website or two that you run, maybe there is a part time business that you operate, plus any number of other businesses, or projects that you may be working on at the one time. The problem is how do you keep all these projects separate and know exactly where everything is for each project when you are working on it.
THE DIGITAL WAY
Of course if you do all your work digitally, then you are already well on the way. You can maintain a directory on your computer for files, and also you have programs such as OneNote in which you can separate all the written information. This can work great for website projects or other online activities, however the problem here in lies, that you are always thinking and don’t always have your computer around.
THE PHYSICAL WAY
While a computer may be easier to track everything in a single stream or area for a project. Keeping some things physical is often an easier option for some people. However then you end up with the problem how to keep everything for one project separate from the items for another project.
The best way is a number of A4 Plastic Organizers, these can be purchased from most stationary stores, and are basically a plastic box a little bigger then A4 (so they will fit an A4 page inside) and have a capacity of about maybe 150 sheets. Or really anything you want to put in related to that project. they clip closed to ensure things don’t fall out. This also makes it really easy to take everything for one project with you when you head out to a coffee shop or some other place to work.
For larger projects you really only have an option of keeping everything in one designated area. In this case having some shelves, or cupboard which you can easily seperate space on can come in handy. Having things in cupboards or on shelves makes it easier for you when you decide to work on something as you can straight away see everything you have for that project in place, rather then something like a box, where you often need to take everything out, and it ends up more effort then is really needed.