Quick Start: 'Life admin'

If you want to be more organised, but don't want to design your own system, Quick Start is for you.

It's designed to handle the 'life admin' that we all need to manage: that's being a human and a member of society; living somewhere and getting around; earning, spending, and saving money; dealing with technology; going places, and enjoying life.

Lucy and I spent 100 hours designing it so that you don't need to. You can be more organised today: just download the pack, and move in. It's that simple.

Built and ready to go

The pack is a fully built Johnny.Decimal folder structure, ready to go. And a comprehensive manual that explains every ID, along with text files to create your JDex.

Here's how it helps you. Let's say you get a new drivers licence and want to save the paperwork. Search or browse your index, find 11.14 Licenses, and stash it there. Done.

Next, you plan a trip to the hardware store. Where did you save that list of stuff to buy to fix up the porch? Easy: 12.24 Repairs, maintenance, & upkeep in category 12 Where I live and how I get around.

You better check you can afford it first. Just search your JDex for 'budget spreadsheet' and here it is.

The security cameras you bought for the porch come with a license key, which you save at 14.22 Software, licenses, & downloads. And after all of this work, it's time for a break. Your partner booked movie tickets weeks ago ... where did they put them?

Search your index for 'movie', and there we are.

Giving you back one week a year

I'm confident that this pack can save you ten minutes a day. That's time saved wondering where you should put a thing, and looking for it later.

Ten minutes a day is sixty hours a year. That's a week and a half at work! For just US$15.

If you're worried that it'll take too long to 'move in', don't be. You don't have to move all of your old stuff across for the pack to be useful: just start using it from today. And the included system manual shows you a technique for moving in gradually.

I genuinely believe that it's never been this easy to be more organised. If you disagree -- or if it just isn't to your taste -- you can have your money back, no questions (and keep the pack). There's no risk.

You're not alone (any more)

A common system means we can help each other to be more organised. Ask for help in the dedicated channels on the forum or Discord. And you can always mail me directly.

I use this to organise my own life. It's a decade of experience distilled to its purest, simplest form.

Make it your own

Just because this system comes as a standard, doesn't mean you need to stick with it. While I recommend you do -- it makes life simpler, and gives us a shared language -- you're free to adapt it however you want.

You're never locked in. This is your data, your system. Use it as inspiration, but make it your own.

Go further

The pack can only contain the stuff that we all have in common: we can't design a system to handle your video game collection, because that's not something Lucy and I do.

We designed this pack using the process described in the 120-page Workbook. So if you think you might want to design your own thing, check that out. For the deepest insight in to this process, watch me and Lucy design her system in the 5-hour video Workshop. Both include a copy of this pack.

Preview it

Download a preview of the manual. And watch the video.

Get organised today

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A list of what you get

Just so we're all clear.

• A folder template for one Johnny.Decimal area, 10-19 Life admin.

  • It contains 5 categories, examples from which are shown above.

  • Just copy it to your Documents folder (or wherever you want).

• A 70-page PDF manual, detailing every category and ID, with examples and exceptions.

• Files to import into any notes app for your JDex. Custom versions for Obsidian, Bear, Apple Notes.

• The pack works with any OS, cloud sync service, and notes app. No lock-in, no subscription.

Testimonials

Jade, via a survey, said:

The life admin pack and the JD system as a whole has helped me more than any other productivity book or course ... at a fraction of the astronomical cost other competitors are charging.

Chris, via email, said:

Now, one day using this pack ... everything has a home, and I finally feel in control again. Thank you!

Hans, via a survey, said:

As you read the guide, your confidence grows by the minute that this is exactly what you need to get organized.

Victoria, via email, said:

I've tried all of the other organizational frameworks, and this is the first time I feel like I trust my system more as it grows.