The cover of Accounted For, a book about organizing your digital life

Here it is

Your first chapters

The introduction and chapters one to four of Accounted For, plus the resources page and a note on what the rest of the book covers.

It is also on its way to your inbox, so you can open it on another device later.

Opening it

What to do with the file

  • On an iPhone or iPad. Tap the button. When the file opens, tap the share icon and choose Apple Books. It will be in your library from then on.
  • On an Android phone. Tap the button, then open the file from your notifications or your Downloads folder. Google Play Books and most reading apps will offer to open it.
  • On a computer. The file lands in your Downloads folder. Double-click it, or drag it into Apple Books, Kobo or whichever reading app you use.
  • On a Kindle. Send the file to your Send to Kindle email address, or use the Send to Kindle page on Amazon. Kindle converts it for you.

An EPUB is the standard ebook file. If you have never opened one, that is completely normal. Tap the button and your phone will suggest what to open it with.

What happens next

Three weeks, six short emails

After this I send six short emails over three weeks. Each one takes a single idea out of the book and tells you what to do about it that week, whether or not you ever buy anything from me. You can leave in one click at any time.

If you do nothing else with the sample, do the thing in Chapter One. Write down who that person is. It takes about ten minutes, and the rest of the book is only you writing down what you already know.

Please pass it on

The file is yours to share

If you know somebody who is looking after a parent's accounts, who has just been through a fraud, or who keeps meaning to organize all of this, send it to them.