Top 5 Digital Habits To Kick Off 2026
Celebrate a New Year by improving your life at home, staying organized and increasing your productivity with these five simple digital habits. By practicing these home tech resolutions, you’ll be well on your way to getting organized and accomplishing your goals this year.
1. Update Devices
Making sure you update all your electronic devices is essential to protecting yourself from viruses, malware and online hackers. If your electronic devices support automatic updates, now is the time to enable them. If not, set reminders to check for updates regularly, such as weekly or every month.
2. Add Strong Passwords
A critical digital habit is maintaining strong passwords. Regularly updating passwords every few months or annually is a good practice to prevent password theft and account compromise. If you’re looking for a strong password manager program, consider some of the top picks from PC Mag.
3. Organize Home Tech for Productivity
To better declutter your home tech and boost your digital habits, consider deleting unused folders, apps and creating a better naming structure for files to make documents easier to locate. Organize your bookmarks into logical folders and clear your device’s cache. Consider implementing the following tips:
- Remove any unused apps
- Group similar apps
- Set up folders with clear names
- Organize your email with folders and labels
- Unsubscribe from any unwanted emails
- Turn off unnecessary notifications on devices
- Use productivity modes on devices, such as “Do Not Disturb,” to boost productivity
- Use cloud storage whenever possible
- Set automatic updates
- Update software regularly
- Regularly run virus scans
- Physically clean devices to remove dirt and dust
4. Explore Productivity Tools
Explore what productivity tools best meet your digital habits and needs. For example, would an online calendar help you better organize your home and work life? If you frequently lose notes, a digital note-taking system might help. Consider the digital habits you want to form in the New Year and whether a digital application can help you achieve your goals more effectively.
5. Implement Productivity Habits
If you find yourself falling down the rabbit hole on social media, YouTube or other electronic devices, consider your overall tech productivity and digital habits. We recommend implementing the following to help boost productivity.
- Turn off notifications and disable any unnecessary alerts.
- Always use focus modes on your devices to block apps and minimize distractions.
- Set aside specific times for social media.
- Make your bedroom a tech-free zone.
- Consider setting your phone to grayscale mode to reduce game addiction.
- Use your digital calendar, reminders and to-do list to help stay organized.
- Don’t be afraid to take a tech-free break.
- Explore mindfulness apps if you feel overwhelmed or need to manage stress.
- Set rules for responding to messages outside of work.
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