sage & sorted ~/you/mess
the digital mess type quiz

Your mess has an address.

A free 2-minute quiz that tells you which of the 4 digital mess types you are, then hands you the organizing system that fits how your brain sorts.

Find my folder 11 questions. 2 minutes. No account to make.

What the mess is costing you

You know these moments.

The call starts in 10 minutes and this machine holds 4 files named proposal-final. One of them is right.
You attach invoice(3).pdf and hope, because invoice(4).pdf was sitting right next to it and both looked plausible.
You re-download the same file for the 5th time because getting it again beats finding it.
You share your screen on a client call and apologize before you say hello.
You pay for more cloud storage instead of making a single decision about what's in there.

Each one costs a few minutes and a little dignity. Across a working week, that's hours of paid time spent searching for work you already finished. And there's a quieter tax underneath: you put off starting things because you know what hunting for the pieces will feel like.

The brain behind the quiz

I'm Ashley. I run 3 businesses from one computer with an ADHD brain, and every organizing system I was ever handed assumed a brain I don't have. Deep folder trees, daily filing routines, touch-it-once rules: all of it built for someone else. So I built systems that fit how my brain sorts, and those systems have kept a consulting firm, a fitness studio, and a homeschool running for years. Sage & Sorted takes that same fit-the-brain approach and maps it to the 4 ways people handle digital mess. The quiz finds your way. The system meets you there.

3 steps to sorted

  1. Take the quiz. 11 questions about how you actually save, stash, and search. 2 minutes, free.
  2. Get your type report. 10 pages on how your brain sorts, the 3 fastest wins for your type, and a 15-minute makeover of your worst space. Free, in your inbox.
  3. Follow your type's system. Sorted in 30 walks your type through 30 digital spaces in 30 days, 15 minutes at a time, with instructions written for how you sort. $37.

Your report is waiting on the other side of 11 questions.

What sorted looks like for you

Sorted has a number, and the number depends on your type.

The Desktop

~/you/desktop The desktop shows 12 items or fewer and every one is there on purpose. Tabs live in named groups you can close without grief, because closing puts them somewhere you trust.

The Downloads

~/you/downloads Files put themselves away. You hit save and keep moving; a rule files it, and search finds it in seconds.

The Archive

~/you/archive The hidden layer finally matches the surface. A handful of big labeled buckets, 2 levels deep at most, and New folder (7) retired with honors.

The Inbox

~/you/inbox Trays with limits. One action folder with a cap, a yearly dump folder that counts as done, and an unread count that stays under a number you picked on purpose.

Same computer, same you. A system that runs on the brain you already have.

Questions, answered

How long does the quiz take?

About 2 minutes. 11 questions, most of them funny because they're true. Close the tab halfway through and it remembers where you left off.

Is it free?

The quiz is free and so is your type report. If you want the full system afterward, Sorted in 30 is $37. That's the entire price list you'll see today.

What happens with my email?

One email with your type report. After that, only things worth opening, and unsubscribe works on the first click. Your address never gets sold or shared.

What are the 4 types?

Each one is named for the place its mess lives.

  • The Desktop: everything in sight and secretly sorted. 60 tabs, all load-bearing.
  • The Downloads: everything lands where it fell. The save dialog closes before the brain arrives.
  • The Archive: immaculate surface, chaos one folder deep. Select-all-archive is a lifestyle.
  • The Inbox: unreads kept as to-dos. The perfect filing system is always one weekend away.

What if I feel like 2 types?

Most people have a home type and a stress behavior. The quiz scores you on 2 axes (where mess lands, how you sort) and names the type you lean hardest toward. Start with that report. If the second type still nags at you after reading it, borrow its 3 fastest wins too; the systems share a spine and stack without fighting.