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In Today’s Issue:The Ultimate Guide to Going PaperlessProverbs on Listening to AdviceIs ChatGPT Making You Dumb?When You’re Dreading Monday MorningsLittle Videos Are Cooking Our Brains

Dear steward,

About ten years ago, I oversaw the process of helping an institution of higher education go paperless. We had decades of paper files—transcripts, applications, you name it. There were rooms of giant metal filing cabinets and aisles upon aisles of boxes filled with paper in off-site storage.

It was a massive project, and it took six months just to get the processes and systems in place to start moving things to the new digital system. But through the process, I learned a ton about creating good file management systems and was able to apply those principles to my own personal document management. And that’s what I wanted to share with you today.

I just published The Ultimate Guide to Going Paperless at Home.

In it, I show you a step-by-step process for scanning, organizing, and purging your paper files so you can eliminate clutter and find that document when you need it.

Hope you find it helpful!

Weekly Word

“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”
– Proverbs 12:15

Christian productivity isn’t just about doing more. It’s about doing what’s right. That often means humbling ourselves to receive counsel. Wisdom listens before acting; folly charges ahead alone.

Worth Your TimeIs ChatGPT Making You Dumb? (32 mins) A recent MIT study showed that writers who depended on large language models like ChatGPT for an extended period of time may be in danger of stunting their ability to write, recall, and think clearly. How should Christians think about our engagement with AI, based on these findings?When You’re Dreading Monday Mornings (4 mins) Kaitlin Feebles shares some wise advice for believers who are struggling to find joy in their jobs.Little videos are cooking our brains (7 mins) Vox has an interesting piece on how short-form videos on platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram reels are affecting our brains. The research seems to confirm what a lot of us have concluded intuitively: it’s not good.Words of Wisdom

“People will come to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think”
– Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

P.S. If you’re a long-time follower of Redeeming Productivity, you’ll know John MacArthur was a major influence on my life and ministry. He went to be with the Lord this week. I wrote this little tribute to how the Lord used him in my life.

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