Why You Can Be More Productive Using Icons (So You Can Spend Less Time Working)

Increasing Your Productivity Using Computer Icons

Resources. Leather bound book with green apple.

Your productivity when you use your computer, is directly influenced by the ease with which you are able to find and launch your favourite applications, find the projects you are working on, your important files and folders and find, organize and retrieve your internet downloads.

This is why software developers spend a lot of time and money designing icons for their applications.

Doesn’t that indicate that we who use computers, can benefit from spending a few minutes customising our own projects?

Many of us spend more and more time working in a digital environment. A cluttered desktop environment will make you feel overwhelmed. Taking a few minutes to sort it out, make it personal and more functional will pay off by making work more fun and easy, so you can finish your work sooner and spend more time doing something else.

As en extra bonus, you get an overview of your projects when you customize your desktop icons which also helps and motivates in keeping your desktop uncluttered and tidy. Here are three different approaches to using icons as a productivity tool.

Color Coding Your Projects

Green Folder Icon

A simple way to create a more productive digital environment is to use Luminous Folder Icons to colour code your projects.

This is a technique that’s easy to personalize and adapt to different types of projects and files.

Besides, you can pick your favourite colours and bring a splash of color to your desktop into the bargain.

Using Icons To Support Your Workflow

To Do Icon

A quick and easy approach is to create a desktop environment that follows your workflow organically.

This example with an icon of a vintage clipboard from the Workflow Collection would make an excellent choice for a folder with projects to-do. The symbol is easy to understand and the icon stands out on the desktop making it easy to find.

The Workflow Collection brings an action-oriented, harmonious structure to your desktop with a minimum of effort or need for maintenance. Find out more about how to organize your desktop by naturally following your workflow.

Using Icons For Your Projects

Finances Icon

Using icons for the projects you’re working on will help you find and organize your files.

If your work consists of recurring projects, you could make a template project folder based on what’s needed, and simply copy the project when starting a fresh project.

Here’s an icon with a leather wallet and some coins from the Organizer Collection. This would make a great choice for a folder with documents related to money. Invoices, finances, the budget for a project, there are many possibilities.

Next an icon with a cotton reel with green thread from the Creative Collection that could be used for needlework, crafting, colour swatches, sewing, textiles, quilting, handmade, again these are just a few ideas.

These symbols can be used and redefined by the user in many different ways. Check out the Productive Icons and see how you can make use of them.

Creating a desktop you love to spend time in, will help you enjoy your computer time and focus on your projects rather than feel overwhelmed by desktop clutter. And you’ll be able to finish your work earlier too.

Not sure how to customize your icons? Here’s a tutorial for using icons on a Mac and here’s a tutorial for how to change the icons in Windows.

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Tags: color code, desktop customization, ease, focus, getting organized, productivity, simplicity

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