Your address book

When you think of an address book, you may think of one of two different things. This might depend on who you are and if you rely on computers at all for any part of your life. Some think of the paper books in which you simply use a pen or pencil to add addresses and other contact information. Others think of the address and contact section that may come with their email accounts. When you have a lot of important information, it might be wise for the average person to have both.

You can have your address book right on your computer, but you should always back it up with a paper version. This is because things can be erased accidentally, or your computer could crash and there would be nothing you could do to get that information off of your hard drive. Many have lost all of their important documents, work necessities, and personal information because their computers locked up and they had no choice but to reboot the entire system from the systems disks. When that happens, all is usually lost. If you don’t have a paper version of your address book, you have just lost all everything.

You may feel safer when your address book is a part of your email service. If you use web based email like Yahoo or MSN/Hotmail, you know that the information is actually stored on their servers rather than your machine. That means even a computer crash will not erase this type of address book. However, as secure as that might seem, there is the long shot that their servers may crash, and some or all of your information could be lost. Print it out on occasion so you know you have a back up.

You can find something in between if you don’t want to rely on either type of address book. You can find electronic types that work much like a daily planner. They will have room for you to add all of your personal address and contact information. Just make sure you don’t lose it, and remember, even these die at times, and you may still be at risk of losing all of your information. Sometimes, doing things the old fashioned way is still the best bet. Our information has become digital and much more easy to use, but it is also so much easier to lose.