3 Quick Tips for Organising Your Desk Top

Believe it or not, the place where you work collects your energy. It accumulates in corners, sneaks behind bookshelves, in filing cabinets and desk drawers. When it gathers unchecked over time, it creates stagnation and weight that negatively affects your work life. This stagnant energy is also known as clutter.

Having an organised desk and office allows you to enjoy more time, space, money and energy. Anyone can become more organised. Like any endeavor, it is a matter of learning a few skills.

Here’s 3 quick jump starts for beginning to organise your desk, especially if you have paper piles.

1. Start with the oldest.
You can tell by looking at which pile is the oldest. Usually it is the farthest from your chair. It will be the easiest to throw away. Take 1 hour, set a timer and go through that pile with a shredder near by.

2. Evaluate each piece of paper —only once.
Look at each item in the pile. Decide if it requires action or can be tossed. You can not set it back on your desk for later, you have to decide now. There is no other option. By doing this, You will have a smaller, “KEEP PILE” this will later go into your in box or action files —a topic for another time.

3. Ask yourself this, with each sheet…
“Do I have this somewhere else, can I get it from someone?” If you have a copy in email, or in a report, or on the desk of the person who prepared the market analysis, etc., you do not need to keep a copy. Toss it!!!

If your workspace is overwhelmed with papers or is in need of an easy filing system, Little Miss Efficiency can help. Please contact Little Miss Efficiency directly at 702.673.0624 or info@littlemissefficiency.com

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