If you plan to create content on any kind of regular basis, one of the most helpful things you can do for yourself is to create a system to organize the raw materials that make up your content. Depending on what you’re creating, this might look like: a chronological storage of photos & videos; a database of articles, documents and personal notes; transcripts of past podcast/interview recordings, etc.

One of the most valuable things about long-term content creation is the ability to recall old information or material which can be interrelated and built upon in the future, and the best way to save yourself a lot of time and headache making those connections in the future is to get organized early.

As someone who created weekly video content for a single client three years in a row and was constantly needing to very quickly dredge up material referenced many months or years ago, trust me, you’ll thank yourself later.