This zine was made because of the avoidance journey task for digital cleaning, but it evolved past that, so I’ve moved it out of the folder!
the first impression motivation
Ok, fine, I can’t call this the first impression because this task was picked by the context of my circumstances of myself upgrading my computer. But I will frame it as not having picked it myself. LOL
I knew I’d be doing this soon, as one of my good friends lizz has been doing this themselves, and since then I knew that it will be a looming thing for me.
Thing is, this is gonna take. A long time. I mean, usually I knock these out in a week or so, but like…. Oh, this is not gonna be just a week.
Maybe this is just my usual time blindness making everything seem like it’ll take forever, though. I hope. I pray. But I think I am right for once.
I made a whole video with a to-do list, but in short, this is what will entail in this task….
Area 1: My computer, In general
- Figure out how to File Projects
- How to archive or make use of Old Things
- Clean programs I do not use anymore
Area 2: Google Drive
- Archive old stuff and take it OFF gdrive
- Restructure it
- Pictures. (pain point)
Area 3: Future System
- How is each partition (incl external SDD) used
- How is Google Drive used
- Archival processes
Area 4: Everything else
- Bookmarks
- Password Manager
- Stay Tuned For More
the bonus sub-task
As I mentioned at the end of (as of writing, upcoming) video, I decided that since this is a boring task to do, I want to make something of it!
So, I will be extracting bits and things that I think are fun or memorable or [insert significant adjective here] and compile it into a zine! Or a video. Or both. We’ll see.
I’ve got many ideas in my head swirling around, and it is exciting, but I think first I need to. You Know. Get started on this, and then see how it shapes.
To not overwhelm myself too much on “how will this thing be structured” for now I will have a note on Obsidian where I’m just gonna throw whatever I think is notable enough as a “manuscript” for this project. Should be interesting!
Conclusion
Well hey! I completed my digital cleaning a while back. And then made a whole zine about it. Which I also submitted to the local zine festival. Fun!
You can download and check out the zine over at itch.io
