Tip of the Month - Declutter your Desk!
by Peggy Hughes
Clear your desktop, organize your files and purge outdated items. Sounds simple - doesn't it?
Here is how to start: Since most desktop clutter relates to paper - set up a paper management system:
- Label four file boxes/trays IN, ACTION, FILE and READ; Sort your desktop papers into these trays (TIP - use a pretty basket for your READ file). As you are sorting your FILE items, remember to separate current information from archival items.
- Store archival information in plastic containers in a location away from your office.
- Once a day, empty your IN box; once a day, review your ACTION items and once per week, empty your FILE and READ containers
- For all of your loose business cards, get them into your contact database. However, if you look at a card, and cannot put a face to the name - TOSS IT!
- Don't forget to purge - and be ruthless.
Make a promise to put work things away at the end of every day - happy decluttering.
Top 'O the Mornin to you... Happy St. Patrick's Day 2008!
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