Action Folders

I’m working on a new project now (details to come soon; it’s based on Pawel Reszka’s Definite Income Plan and I’ll be posting detailed reviews on it). I’ve already found the need to start a spreadsheet to keep track of stuff, plus I started a couple of text documents that contain other needed notes for the project.

Not really knowing where to put the various files, I created an “Action Folder” inside the product download folder. It’s a simple thing, of course, but I think that keeping an Action Folder inside each purchase will help me keep better track of my notes, plus it will allow me to document the progress I make on each product.

I’ve also started keeping something that I call a “Master Station Log” (MSL). It’s really nothing more than a journal of my progress (I call it my MSL because that’s what we called a similar journal at a job I once worked at). It’s just a Notepad document with “.LOG” written on the first line (without the quotes). Putting .LOG on the first line forces Windows to put a date/time stamp at the end of the document every time I open it, which makes it easy to remember when I typed stuff (you can also do this by hitting F5 while in Notepad).

So I can keep notes for each project and product with the actual downloaded files, and my MSL — which sits on my desktop (at least the current month’s MSL) — will help me keep track of what I was working on and when.

One last note: If you’re not doing it now, each product you purchase and each project you start should have its own folder on your computer. I save downloaded files, a copy of the sales letter (plus any “terms” on the website, such as privacy and terms of service), copies of receipts, support info, forum threads, emails, etc. This can really help if you need support or have questions long after you made your purchase. While you don’t have to copy my system to the letter, developing some type of file and purchase / download system that you can live and work with can save you a lot of time and frustration.