You know that moment when you’re scrolling through your phone and realize you have three different note-taking apps? Or when a $15 charge appears for a meditation app you tried once six months ago?
The average professional juggles 80+ apps across devices, and most of us are paying for at least a few we don’t actually use.
But here’s the bigger problem: This app clutter slowly chips away at your focus, decision-making, and digital confidence. That’s why I created a free mini-course, Tidy Up Your Apps: Stop Overpaying for Apps You Forgot You Had.
This Isn’t Just About $15 a Month
Yes, forgotten subscriptions are annoying. But the real cost is the mental drag of navigating bloated tool stacks and scattered logins while managing multiple high-stakes responsibilities.
When your digital tools are disorganized or redundant, they don’t support your work. They distract from it. And when you’re in reactive mode, constantly switching tools or re-learning forgotten ones, you can’t lead strategically.
That’s where most professionals get stuck. They want to learn AI. They want to optimize. But outdated systems and digital noise stand in the way.
When you experience how AI can transform something as mundane as app management, you’ll start seeing opportunities everywhereI
Why Smart People Keep Putting This Off
You know exactly what you should do: cancel the duplicates, audit what you’re using, tighten up the spending. But somehow it never happens.
When you think about tackling it, your brain immediately sees the full scope: apps scattered across multiple devices, different app stores, various billing cycles, family sharing complications. Suddenly, that simple cleanup feels like a weekend project, so you put it off again.
It isn’t about lacking motivation. It’s about needing a system that breaks the complexity down into manageable steps.
Strategic Leaders Start with Clarity
The solution isn’t more time. It’s a system that helps you regain control and make smarter decisions without turning it into another weekend project.
Here’s how AI becomes your research assistant to organize the mess so you can make clean decisions:
- Set up a simple inventory template (≈ 10 min)
- Catalog every app across devices (≈ 15–20 min)
- Let AI sort and group the list so you can focus on decisions (≈ 5 min)
- Enrich the data with cost, renewal, and usage insights (≈ 15–20 min)
The breakthrough insight: This method is strategic, not technical. AI does the grunt work while you apply executive judgment.
The Payoff Is Bigger Than a Clean App List
I discovered I had more than 140 apps across my devices (not including web apps I had bookmarked!). After going through this system, I canceled two subscriptions immediately and deleted four apps saving about $200/year.
But the real ROI? Mental clarity. Strategic control. A repeatable process.
Now I have a simple system I revisit every quarter to keep my tools aligned with my actual work and life goals. When I’m tempted by a new app, I check what I already have first (and I give myself a three-day waiting period). No more impulse downloads that turn into forgotten subscriptions.
By the end of this free mini-course, you’ll see how quick and easy it is to make business decisions with data, not guesswork.
Start with This, Then Build Your AI Skills Further
This course is more than a cleanup. It’s a foundational shift. You’ll learn how to partner with AI in the flow of real tasks, using it to reduce friction and make better decisions.
If you’re serious about staying sharp and relevant in an AI-driven world, this is your first step. Once you experience what’s possible here, you’ll be ready to tackle bigger systems, workflows, and strategic challenges: skills we go deeper into in my 6-week group experience coming this fall, Stay Sharp, Stay Relevant.
The prompts and decision-making framework you’ll use here are the same approaches that I use with others to streamline workflows, analyze data, and make strategic decisions at work. When you experience how AI can transform something as mundane as app management, you’ll start seeing opportunities everywhereI
What You Get (Free)
I’ve packaged this entire process into Tidy Up Your Apps. You’ll get:
- Step-by-step video walkthrough showing exactly how to do each step
- Inventory template (Google Sheets + Excel versions)
- Copy-paste AI prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot
- Decision framework for keep vs. cancel choices
Tidy Up Your Apps is:
✅ Free
✅ Done in under an hour
✅ Built for smart, busy professionals
✅ Focused on action, not AI theory
✅ Designed to be reused again and again
Why It Matters
You don’t need to master AI to benefit from it. But you do need space: mental, digital, and emotional space to begin.
Tidy Up Your Apps gives you that space. And it’s the first move in a bigger shift from reactive to proactive tech leadership.
If you’re ready to lead with clarity instead of clutter, this is where to begin.