Have you ever signed into an old program or email address, and realized that you had no idea of your password or login name? Happened to me from time to time. Right now I have 40 accounts on a 40 different sites, many of which have different names and passwords, and memorization would just be illogical.

Can you think of a bit of information that you have to hash up on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis? I used to re-type these every single time I needed them.

Here I’m going to go into a little bit of detail on keeping an “Important Info” log. This idea ties into the idea of recording “keepers,” which I’ve gone over a bit before. I’m a bit of a “listmonger”, however and I this specific list gets pulled up on a daily basis for me.

      Here’s an idea of unique information to put in an “Info Log”:

• Passwords / usernames - Very important to remember. Some sites or programs involve passwords and usernames that you don’t even get to choose. Keep track.
• Reusable information - I currently run a small Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Rhode Island. I get emails constantly about schedule information or details on location. I used to type up this same information to each person. Now I just copy and paste it from my log. The same goes for my blog tags. I don’t brainstorm a new bunch of tags for each post (though I add a few new ones relevant specifically to the post), I copy and paste most of them.
• Technical procedures - You might use an electronic or internet gadget once after reading 15 minutes of manual information… then completely forget how to do it the next time! Now for technical procedures that you do often (tasks involving uploading images, using widgets on the web, hooking up a sound system, editing videos, or whatever it is that you do), you could simply refer to the good old Info Log.

I’m hoping that while you read this you realize something you’ve forgotten already. Not that I wish ill upon you, but because you might be prompted to keep it all in order.

Maybe it’ll save you from having to look through the manual for the DVD player for half an hour. That would be worth it. 

(NOTE: If you do have such a log saved on your computer or in written on paper in your house, its probably not a good idea to make it easy to find.)

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