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We’ve all been there: trying to sign on to a website to pay the water bill, check an account, or even just reconnect with friends only to have every password guess turned down. In order to avoid this situation, it is important to organize your passwords to all of your various accounts and memberships. Doing this will take just a little bit of time but can save you hours of frustration as you try various user name and password combinations.
One of the big problems that people face is trying to remember both their username and their password. Whenever possible, use the same username for every single one of your accounts. For example, if your name is Lillian Angela Meeks, use LMeeks or LillianM or LAMeeks consistently. This will at least solve half of the problem of trying to fit the right username with the right password: if you only have one username, then it is only the password that you have to worry about.
Once you have chosen a username and applied it to all of your accounts, you just need to organize your passwords. Create a document in which you can note your passwords for all of the accounts. Keep this document — which can be either physical or electronic — in a safe space. Use a locked desk drawer or a password-protected file or section of your computer.
For those who regularly update passwords to their various accounts and prefer to use separate passwords for each account, this is a great way to keep all of the information organized and protected. To take the organization to the next level, you can make notes in the document about when the password is due to be updated according to the security measures that you take to protect your accounts and information.
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