The Johnny.Decimal Workshop
In 2023 I wrote The Johnny.Decimal Workbook, a 20,000-word guide to setting up your Johnny.Decimal system.
In 2024 I am proud to announce The Johnny.Decimal Workshop: where we bring the Workbook to life.
This is the fastest, simplest, most reliable way to organise your life.
I guarantee it.
Launches Sunday 28th April 14:00 AET
That’s this Sunday, kids. Here’s a little teaser. Get in before the pre-launch discount disappears.
The problem
Like my partner Lucy, your life is probably disorganised. You’ve got a Desktop full of files; to-dos all over the place; browser tabs open for weeks; and notes that you’ll never find, let alone read.
Most of us have given up. It’s really hard to be organised in 2024.
This Workshop will give you the skills you need to cope with the modern digital world.
The Workshop
We’re going to follow Lucy as she deconstructs and organises her life. And you’re our second student — as Lucy does the exercises, you’ll be doing them alongside her.
Our hope is that you’ll both encounter the same issues, make the same mistakes, and have the same questions. We want to bring you ‘in to the room’ with us.
This is realistic: we’re not manufacturing these scenarios. Lucy is discovering it as she goes. We live together, but when we do this sort of thing, we don’t discuss any of the material ‘off-camera’.1
We think this is a great way to learn. Giving you a set of instructions is too complicated – you need to discover this for yourself so that you internalise the core skills.
That’s why we’re calling this a ‘workshop’, and not a ‘course’.
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Support included
If you do have questions that Lucy didn’t cover, we’re here to help.
We have a great community forum, and a Discord server if that’s your thing. You can email Johnny, although the public forums are preferred because then everyone can learn.
Johnny is always available to answer questions, and as soon as Lucy is an expert, she’ll be there as well.
You are not alone. You will get the support you need.
Workbook included
We use the Johnny.Decimal Workbook as our guide, and the Workshop price includes a copy of the Workbook (currently US$19).
But there’s a lot more here: the Workbook doesn’t touch on strategies to deal with your to-do system, for instance.
You can access the Workbook as soon as you sign up (even with the pre-sale).
What you’ll achieve
When you complete the Workshop, and if you ask for help when you need it, you will be more organised. You will be less stressed.
You’ll build a system that supports your life, using the tools that you already have. You’ll have a place to put everything, and a way to find it.
Your files, your notes, email, tasks, bookmarks, calendar — you name it, there’ll be a place for it.
I guarantee it, or you can have your money back.
Foundational skills
You’re not just organising things and walking away. This is life now: it’ll continue to change under us.
So we’re going to make sure that you’ve got a new set of skills that you can build on and adapt as life goes on.
We’re here to support you, but if you’ve internalised a new way of working then you’re going to be better equipped to do it on your own.
The price
Some other ‘get organised’ courses are priced as if you’re the CEO of something. Lucy’s not a CEO. You’re probably not a CEO.
We’ve priced this for normal people. Because we all deserve to be organised.
It’ll be US$149. And while we’re in pre-launch, you can get it for US$49.
I know! Silly money. You’d be mad not to.
Why isn’t it free?
This is how we pay our rent. We both do this, full time. This is Johnny.Decimal: just the two of us, at home with our chickens, trying to make something good. Trying to make the internet better.
So we’re incentivised to do this right, and to look after our customers. Because you make it possible for us to do this. We could not be more grateful.
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How long will it take?
We’re still recording the Workshop — that’s why this is a pre-launch page — but we’re aiming for between 3 and 5 hours of video.
Life is busy, and this is something else to squeeze in. We know it. So we’re making a real effort to keep it tight, to plan the timing, and to trim any fat.
At the same time, we’ll make sure that it’s calm, and measured. Like us.2 We don’t want you to have to watch something twice just because we rushed it.
Overall we expect it’ll take you around a month to complete. But a lot of this is thinking time: in the Workbook, I implore you to go for walks, and to think on what you’re building for a few days before you commit to it.
There’s no quick-fix to this problem. And what’s the rush? It’s been chaos for years. Another few weeks isn’t going to make a difference.
What’s the format?
Mostly video. Bite-sized so you can fit it in your day.
It’s hosted on Thinkific, a dedicated training platform. So your progress is saved, and you can log in from anywhere to continue.
When do I do it?
Just to be clear, the material is all pre-recorded. You don’t have to turn up at a particular time to ‘meet’ us.
You do this in your own time, on your own schedule.
When will it be released?
At the end of April 2024. We’re working hard on it as you read this.
Early April update: still on track! We’re about half way there and love what we’ve put together so far.
And then what?
We’ll keep up with Lucy as she uses her new system. We can’t know what this will look like, but expect monthly check-ins until we’ve ironed everything out.
Our credentials
Johnny has always been an IT nerd. His first computer was a ZX Spectrum+, which he used to catalogue the contents of his bedroom. This is in his blood.
He spent the last decade of his professional career using Johnny.Decimal to help large Australian government departments be more organised.
It helped a three-year, hundred-million-dollar data centre deployment finish on time, on budget.
In 2023, a decade after first writing the Johnny.Decimal website, he quit his job to focus on it full time. His job is now helping you to be more organised.3
Lucy was an editor in a tightly-regulated industry. She can’t stand to see a word out of place, so it’s her you can thank for our tight, no-nonsense approach.
We’re two people selling a thing that we believe in, and worked really hard to produce. We put our reputations behind it.
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FAQ
Who doesn’t love an FAQ? Let’s smash through them.
Home or work?
Doesn’t matter. We’ll give you the tools to organise both, or anything else.
Tools? Which tools?
I meant mental tools there, but good question.
No special tools other than the things that come with your computer or phone or tablet, or things that you can get from an app store for free.4
Mac, Windows, Android, Linux?
We’re both Mac users, so it does lean towards Mac. But it doesn’t matter, you can use anything. This isn’t a Workshop about Mac software.
There are no problems here that a plain text file can’t solve.
What’s the guarantee?
If you don’t like it, you can have your money back.
I’m not even putting a timeframe on it. Just remember that we’re two human beings trying to make a living.
Accessible?
Totally. Lucy painstakingly created, and keeps up-to-date, a plain text (Markdown) version of the Workbook.
She hand checks and corrects all video subtitles. Ours might not be perfect on launch, but Lucy won’t rest until they are.
And if there’s anything else you need, just ask us and we’ll sort it out.
How do I access the Workbook?
It’s loaded in to the platform as one of the modules. Look for it in the left-side navigation. (You might need to click the ‘hamburger icon’ at the top left.)
Family friendly?
Yep. No swears, nothing weird.
It’s not just your head in the corner of a screen as you drive your computer, is it?
No! Ugh. Bo-ring.
It’ll be as interactive and engaging as we can possibly make it.
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Footnotes
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We’ve done this before, in Learn with Lucy: Excel. ↩
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Number of times Johnny energetically demands to know ‘what’s up you guys!’ to camera:
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He realises that he is talking about himself in the third person. ↩
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Oh, and a nice pencil. ↩