9 Simple Steps to Get Your Office Desk Organized!

Kim Wolinski, MSW
"Dr. DeClutter"
http://www.drdeclutter.com/

9 Simple Steps to Get Back a Year of Your Life -
Through Your Office Desk Organization!

Do you lose time looking for items on and around your office desk . . . sifting through clutter?

It has been estimated that the average American will spend one year searching through desk and office clutter looking for misplaced objects.

It's so easy to just lay a folder, an envelope, the mail, a file, pens and pencils, post it notes and other paper on horizontal piles when they aren't needed immediately. It's so hard to find what you need when you need it, in those same piles!

When I work with my clients in their homes and offices I hear pretty much the same story each time, right after, "I'm so embarrassed that it's so messy and cluttered!" I hear that they are busy, have a family, have too much on their plate, don't know where to file or how to file, don't have a good filing cabinet or space, and so on. What they think is going to take several days to declutter and organize usually takes just a few hours and everything is back in its "home" and "system" and ready to be found when needed.

Here are some helpful tips to keeping your office desk, home or away from home, clean and ready to work on, finding everything you need when you need it.

1) Take care of mail immediately as it comes in the door. Open, sort, file, pay, take action, file, archive or trash (recycle).
2) Do not let magazines and catalogues pile up. Tear out articles you like, read, file if you need them for future reference, recycle the rest. Let subscriptions run out and don't re-subscribe after they are done. See if you can get the information online or the library.
3) If you can find the information you have in paper online, or you have it on the computer, don't keep the paper.
4) Pay bills online and stop the paper bills from coming in.
5) Have a designated inbox, but put everything from it away - file, reroute, mail, complete, etc. - by the end of the day, or at least the week.
6) Don't let small notes and post its accumulate. Take a notebook and use it for phone messages and ideas, keeping everything in one place.
7) Do not pile or stack horizontally on desks, tables, floors, file cabinets or anywhere.
8) Keep lots of open and clean space on your desk and tops of everything at all times.
9) Practice maintenance. Take 15-20 minutes at the end of each day and clean up your space, getting ready for the next day.

Enjoy the payoff for following these nine steps every day. Feel good, self-confident, open and relaxed, happier, not embarrassed, ashamed or guilty about not wanting anyone to visit your office or be around your desk . . . no more apologies! . . . and you'll be a great role model for others and family as you create and save time for better things!

DO YOU NEED HELP?
Join my upcoming teleclass and learn more!
If you need help getting your office or desk, home or business organized,
I am teaching a teleclass on this subject.
Click here for the teleclass information. (If this class is no longer running, feel free to contact me and request my current events.)

And, of course, I am "Dr. DeClutter!" I will come to your home or office anywhere and help you take back control lickey-split! http://www.drdeclutter.com/bookinginfo.html


©2007 Kim Wolinski, MSW "Dr. DeClutter" Stress, Change and Organizational Skills Expert

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