MINDSET = BEING ORGANIZED

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I think we can all agree that we hate clutter. We hate it so much we pretend it doesn’t exist. Sometimes we even hide ourselves from the world because we’re afraid of what others may think about us because of it. Being unorganized or having a home full of clutter, which we hate to admit, is thankfully something we can overcome. From experience, all it takes is patience, vulnerability and an open mind to achieve what we want in our homes and in our lives. Today I’m going to give you five simple and modern-day tips on how to change your mindset so you can become more organized.

TIP #1 Start small

For some reason our brains are wired to believe that we MUST complete an entire project at once. Have you ever wondered why none of your tasks or projects ever gets done on time? I bet one of the reasons may be because the project you took on was way to BIG to complete and because you were so overwhelmed, you failed to finish. Not anymore! By starting small, whether it is organizing your pen cup to completing a major project, you will avoid the stress of fulfilling that task and find yourself finishing quickly and punctually.

TIP #2 Listen to organizing podcasts

One of the best things you can do in the morning or as you’re driving is to stimulate your mind by listening to things that arouse your mental and physical growth. I’ve noticed in my own life and others around me that doing so has made a world of positive change in our lives. Organizing podcasts like Organize 365 or A Slob Comes Clean are two podcasts that have kept me motivated in times when I was lacking. One of the secrets to truly changing your lifestyle is to change our mentality and by incorporating these simple methods in your life, you will get there in no time.

TIP #3 Create a Checklist

This may sound cliché, but to-do lists really do work — of course only if you use them. As I mentioned above, clutter is a bi%#* and in order to combat it, you will have to tackle it head on in small intervals. Here are two examples how checklists can be effective in helping you stay organized:

  1. By using a checklist to plan out the tasks you need to accomplish at home after work, will prevent you from being overwhelmed after a stressful day.
  2. An effective checklist will only have your priority tasks therefore you will know exactly what needs to be done to maintain order. Checklist, lists, to-do list, plans, whatever you want to call them is a habit that needs to be implemented in your life so getting organized and staying organized can become second nature.

TIP #4 Keep things you Truly Love

Here are a couple of common things I’ve heard when it comes to this topic:

I love everything in my home and there’s no way I can get rid of anything! All of my stuff has a meaning behind them! Here’s a better one. I’ve spent so much money and I haven’t even worn it yet! — but it’s been two years!

These are just a few examples of statements my clients have said to me when I’d suggest they should only keep things in their home they truly loved. Let me explain what this really means. Lets start with an example. We love our family (our immediate family) and though we may have favorites (wink) we love them so unconditionally that we couldn’t live a day without them. This is the type of feeling I believe you should have for the items in your home. You love your pen so much; the mere thought of it not being in your possession is utter mayhem. If you don’t have this feeling towards the items in your home then it’s probably time to part ways with it. I’d be happy to witness the department!

TIP #5 Make it a Habit

New studies show it takes 2-8 months to form a new habit. I know that seems like an abnormal amount of time — at least to getting organized but this is actually great news. Creating new habits shouldn’t be viewed as one and done rather as a process that will create a better outcome. Committing to an organizing system and practicing it thoroughly, though you may have hiccups, will create a positive mind and improve your organizing skills.

If you are interested in hiring a Professional Organizer to help you change your mindset and become more organized, give us a call at 832.680.1089 or email me at judi@rescuemyspace.com.

Rescue My Space provides organizing solutions to individuals that are busy, overwhelmed, tired of living in clutter and ready to make a change the modern way. For more than five years we have helped people reclaim their life back by showing them how to maintain an organized space. There are no projects that are too big for us and we believe everyone deserves a space to relax and enjoy. For more information on how to hire Judi as your personal organizer, visit her website at www.rescuemyspace.com.

3 MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE BEFORE THEY MOVE

 
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Whether you are relocating, downsizing, need more space or are a first time homebuyer, at one point in your life you will be moving. Though the idea of moving can be stressful, the actual process of moving requires a lot more effort. After organizing and planning many moves, I’ve come up with a few setbacks many people have made in their process of moving which will help prevent you from making them. If you incorporate them all, you will find yourself packed efficiently and moved into your new place in less than 24 hours.  

NOT HAVING THE RIGHT PACKING SUPPLIES

Having the right moving supplies will 100% make your moving process efficient. One to two days before your move, make sure all of the necessary moving supplies are in your home and in their desired locations. For example, the average one bedroom apartment will require 35 boxes to  empty out the room. Along with those boxes you will need a permanent marker, which you will use to write what room the items in the box goes in, and moving tape. If you want to be extra detailed, you could color coordinate each room to assure that after the move, every box lands in their respective room without confusion. A great place to get free boxes is from large chain stores. Typically stores like Walmart stock their shelves and when they’re done, they dispose the hundreds of boxes at night. If you’re not willing to wait around, businesses like Half Priced Boxes and U-Haul sell multiple sizes of boxes at great prices.

SKIPPING OUT ON MOVERS

I understand that we live in an era where we want to do everything ourselves to save a few bucks. Sure saving money is great but what about saving time? Maybe it’s just me but saving time is way more precious. Hiring a moving company will do just that. They come in and do most of the packing and moving. Especially when it comes to moving those heavy items, movers specialize in properly packing and transporting your belongings for you to your desired location safely. Most importantly, if they damage anything, they will either replace or reimburse you for it. They also provide all of the packing supplies so there’s no need to purchase them. Moving companies usually allocate 2-3 movers for each move therefore the moving process will take less time for them to do it then for you and your buddies to do it. It’s a complete win-win.

NOT HIRING A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER

First of all you may ask what in the world is a Professional Organizer? Well in short, Professional Organizers, Clutter Consultants or Clutter Professionals, are people who remove clutter and create functional systems in your home to prevent clutter from re-occurring. They also pack/unpack and place your belongings in a more organized way in your new home plus, they will teach you how to maintain it. Above all, organizers will make the process of moving into your new home seamless. Your new home will look like you’ve been living in it for years. Hiring an organizer will prevent your home from sheltering boxes for months.

If you are interested in hiring a Professional Organizer for your next move, give us a call at 832-680-1089 or email me at judi@rescuemyspace.com.

Rescue My Space provides organizing solutions to individuals that are busy, overwhelmed, tired of living in clutter and ready to make a change the modern way. For more than five years we have helped people reclaim their life back by showing them how to maintain an organized space. There are no projects that are too big for us and we believe everyone deserves a space to relax and enjoy. For more information on how to hire Judi as your personal organizer, visit her website at www.rescuemyspace.com.

HOW TO PROPERLY NAME YOUR FILES

I recently completed a project that involved re-organizing a client’s filing system (electronic and non-electronic). With an immense growth of customers, the need for data management was evident. Though their filing system was fairly in order, it required cohesiveness for easier recognition from the owner and her team members.

The technique you use to organize and name your files will have a vast influence on your capability to find files later, as well as understand what they contain. It is important that you remain consistent and descriptive in naming and organizing files so that it is clear on where to find specific data or research.

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From experience, it is important to set up a clear directory structure that includes information like the project title, a date, researcher or some type of unique identifier.

In your business be sure that when you create a naming process to enforce it as you add others to your staff. This will create organization within your team to prevent confusion.

 Below are some tips for file naming, sorting documents and file numbering

  • Proper date designation = YYYYMMDD or YYMMDD
  • Avoid using special characters ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ; < > ? , [ ] { } ' " and |
  • Too keep files in sequential order lead each file with zeros (001, 002, 0040…)
  • Keep file names short, descriptive and sweet. Most software cannot recognize long names.
  • Use date file was created (using proper date designation) then business name after
  • ONLY store PDF files
  • Store all editable (live) files in one folder; keep away from other PDF documents
  • Stay away from spaces. If spaces are needed, here are examples to use:
    • Underscores: xxx_xxx
    • Dashes: xxx-xxx
    • No separation: xxxxxx
    • Cap case: XxxXxx
    • Sort existing files by type, project, company, month, time frame or etc…
    • If receive file externally, file in clients folder that reads “XXX External Documents”
    • Use unique identifiers for each file
    • invoice#-tax ID-fiscal month – Accounting department (e.g., 00245-555555-20150521)
  • blog_month_location_blogtitle – Blogger (e.g., blog30_04_NewYork_TheBigApple
  • date-case#_casename – Lawyers (e.g., 20130124-367_Smithonian
  • internalidentifier#Patientname(Lastname1st) – Doctor (e.g., 0010DoeJohn)

Are you ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and training on how to properly name your files?  Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Session today!

Is your business ready to go paperless?

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First of all, lets begin by defining the term paperless. The definition of paperless involves the storage or communication of information in electronic form, rather than on paper.

This concept has triggered a lot of businesses to go paperless due to the benefits it creates. Not to mention, it’s environmentally friendly. As people adapted to the idea, the money market grabbed it and ran with it hence the Nook, scanning apps, and lets not forget, online banking.

Who knew there’d be a day we can take a photo of an endorsed check and it is deposited into our accounts with out stepping foot in a bank. Mind blown!

Paperless is definitely a great way to have access to your documents wherever you are plus, it gets your physical environment less cluttered. The real issue is, the theory in going paperless may not always be the best solution for everyone, especially if you haven’t done proper research. In order to convert, you must have the proper equipment, software and be willing to fully adapt into this lifestyle.

The idea of going paperless is an evolution to the way we manage paper, but the truth is one can never be 100% paperless.

Let’s dig in a little deeper and start with conversion.

If you want to convert all old/archive documents to electronic, it will take time.

Not just 1-2 days but more like 2-3 months (if that) of sorting, tossing, scanning and re-naming every single document to your storage system.

Once that is done, you’d need to include a backup system where you can frequently backup your documents (once a day, once a week or once a month). These systems include, hard drives and/or cloud based systems. With that said, you will need to have some knowledge of technology.

For example, I save all business related materials to my Google Drive and for my Mac user clients; I like to us Time Machine. Google Photos is also a great backup system that allows you to store your beloved photos! Memories!

In order to hop on the paperless movement, you’d also need to invest in a quality scanner. When it comes to scanning boxes of archives, having a great scanner will make the process easier and quicker.

The Fujitsu B005 Image Scanner ScanSnap iX500 (they also have an Evernote Edition), which can scan to either your Mac or PC, is a great one.

A less expensive but good scanner is the Canon CanoScan LiDE220 Photo and Document Scanner.

It’s easy to use and can send your documents straight to the Cloud with just a press of a button. If this is too much, thank goodness for the app world, if you don’t have loads of paper to scan, there are plenty of scanning apps like TurboScan and Scanner Pro that let you scan just with one click.

Because the idea of being completely paperless is still evolving, here are a couple of documents that are required to be in paper format: passports/licenses, tax returns/receipts for seven years, birth/death certificates, deeds/stock certificates, social security card, mortgage paperwork and wills/legal papers.

Therefore, as a business owner, it is important to keep the documents you can’t switch in a lockbox or safe.

These types of storages are great investments that help avoid damages due to natural disaster or from being stolen.

I can go on and on about the pros and cons of becoming paperless and give you tips on how to do it but at the end, it all depends on your comfort levels.

Effectively reducing the usage of paper isn’t a one-time thing and wont go into extinction for many years. As long as your goal is moving away from paper and creating an environment that encourages the morality of preventing environmental waste, your business will be on track.

Enhancing business practices to decrease paper usage is inevitable now, but implementing the proper tools will get your business closer to the goal of being paperless.

To avoid error as a business owner, I can’t stress this enough, it is crucial to maintain organization in all aspect of your business. Whether it be making your process fully digital to removing unnecessary clutter. Being organized will not only save you time but it will save you money.

Are you ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and accountability on how to keep your Business in order?  Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Session today!

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5 Important Tools For Keeping Your Business In Order

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Businesses that discount the importance of internal organization may be placing themselves at a significant disadvantage. Disorganized working environments and operational processes that are inefficient or poorly designed can easily result in lost productivity, missed opportunities or obstacles that may keep employees and staff from being able to realize their full potential. The following five tools can all play a key role in ensuring that businesses are able to maintain a higher standard of organization and avoid many of the most common and costly problems caused by ineffective communication, outdated organizational methods or an inability to optimize the efficiency of everyday operations.

Task-management Resources

Tracking and managing important projects can be a far greater challenge for businesses that lack the right task-management resources. Software and digital applications make it easier to keep track of progress, organize tasks based on priority or deadlines, as well as ensure that all staff and departments involved in a project are able to be more effectively managed. Relying on conventional methods to manage and organize multiple tasks is rarely the most beneficial solution, and use of outdated task-management resources may be creating more problems than many businesses may realize.

Workflow Automation

Automating multiple workflow processes and various aspects of daily operations can provide a wide range of benefits. Highly-automated working environments make it possible for businesses to do any of the following:

  • Maintain a smaller staff in order to reduce overhead and operational expenses;
  • Maximize the efficiency of teams and departments; and,
  • Reduce lost productivity caused by mistakes, inaccuracies and human error.

Software, programs and digital applications that allow employees to work smarter rather than harder can be an essential tool for improving and maintaining internal organization.

Cloud Storage and File-sharing Services

Maintaining an orderly and well-organized digital workspace is a consideration that no business or professional can afford to overlook. Limiting access to key files, specific applications and essential data to specific terminals that are only available to on-site employees can greatly complicate organizational efforts. Cloud storage solutions that provide workers with superior flexibility and the means to access digital infrastructure, applications and data from a wider range of environments ensures that minor organization issues can be more quickly and easily addressed and resolved. Limiting access to the digital working environment often means that relatively minor organizational concerns are far more likely to develop into larger more serious issues.

Financial Management Applications

Financial management and bookkeeping can often be one of the most important aspects of business organization. Financial resources that have been mismanaged may lead to issues and problems that impact daily operations. Utilizing bookkeeping software that allows for superior financial organization, more accurate bookkeeping or the generation of detailed financial reports and analytical materials ensures that businesses can more easily stay on top of their finances and accounts. Accounting inaccuracies stemming from poor financial organization have the potential to cause no end of problems and issues that businesses would be wise to avoid.

Communication Management Solutions

Improving communication between staff, departments and even entire operations can have a profound impact on business-wide organization. Employees who lack information that is both accurate and up to date may be unable to effectively resolve issues and are far more likely to suffer from impaired efficiency due to bottlenecks and duplication of efforts. Investing in a unified communications management system that ensures employees are able to send email, texts and even voicemail without issue can benefit several aspects of business organization and operation. Ensuring that employees and associates are able to benefit from improved communication can eliminate many organizational issues entirely.

Jessica Kane is a professional writer who has an interest in keeping things organized and in order. She currently writes for FlexCon, a leading vendor of corrugated plastic bins and boxes.

 Are you ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and accountability on how to keep your business in order?  Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Session today!

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7 Mobile Apps That Will Jumpstart Your Business

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With the ever so changing society, the process in which businesses were ran has completely evolved.

Rather than having one department handle all expenditures, individual employees are taking full responsibilities of their own expenses as far as even getting contracts signed without the client being present.

Because of this, businesses are steadily increasing the way they maximize their productivity and function. The before no hands on process is becoming a full hands on practice where the entire business works together to become more successful.

Here are seven wonderful business apps that will both help organize your business and increase productivity.

1. Wrike

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Wrike is an online project management software that sets priorities and aligns your team to work faster and smarter across your organization (effective time management).

With the increase in pace, collaborations and now remote workers, the app allows businesses to work efficiently without setbacks.

If for any reason work needs to be done outside of the workplace, Wrike makes the project management aspect of the project mobile.

2. Expensify

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This is an app that makes calculating expenses simple.

Whether you are traveling, need to be reimbursed or even capture mileage, expensify takes the difficulty out of expense recording and makes the process exciting and most importantly stress-free.

3. Freshdesk

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With a slogan geared towards the happiness of customers, freshdesk is a great app to have.

It was created to make it easy for businesses to communicate with their customers and vice versa.

With the increase importance in customer service, which we all know is crucial for a successful business, freshdesk takes the lead in how they promote the outlaw of bad customer service.

4. Evernote

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What other great thing can I say about Evernote. Well one is they love elephants just like me!

On a serious note, Evernote has taken the way we write notes to another world. Keeping notes organized both business and personal at times has its challenges and with the numerous of notebooks and notepads available, our notes tend to get lost. This app not only helps you keep track of your notes, projects or pictures, you are able to access them instantly on all of your devices.

With the handy dandy search tool, you can find any information that was saved. Need I say more!

5. Audio Memos

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Another note taker app but for the voice is Audio Memos.

With its intuitive interface, it is easy to use and has many features that include, pausing during incoming calls, no time limit on recordings, variable speed scrubbing (To go forward or backward in an audio) and usb file transfers and many more.

All voice recordings can be uploaded to Evernote! (mic dropped).

6. My Minutes

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As mentioned in the previous blog post, in order to manage how you spend your time, it is necessary to use a time record (log).

This app makes the process of recording time seamless and takes the headache out of remembering.

My Minutes also allows you to create personal goals, set the days your tasks repeat and notifies you when you’ve hit your goal.

As you continue hitting your goals, the app incorporates green streaks that reminds you of your accomplishments as well as motivates you to keep on going.

7. Dropbox Business

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One of the most secured file sharing and storage solution that keeps all files in one place and with the proper space, ensures everything is always backed up.

With it’s sharing capabilities, your team is able to share, sync, and organize files instantly and quickly.

One of the best features Dropbox has is their file recovery.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been called because a client has lost a file. The panic in their voice was enough for me to recommend this awesome app.

 Are you ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and accountability to incorporate organizational skills into your business?  Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Session today!

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8 Time Management Tips for the Workplace and your Life

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“Time management helps you sow more and better so you can reap more and better”
-Brian Tracy

All accomplishment requires time. Whether it be finishing an essay or learning how to ride a bike, time is needed. Time is irreplaceable and there is no substitute for it, therefore, once it’s gone it’s gone. Time management develops judgment and self-disciple, which is a quality of great leader.

Time management helps you work smarter and not harder, and increase the quality and quantity of your output. Time management is the most important skill adding to the success of an individual or a business. Successful people use their time well making their ability to earn more revenue accessible. Below are tips on how to use time management in the workplace. It is crucial you use these tips systematically to increase your overall life. Remember, time lost can never be regained.

Before you begin reading ask yourself, what is the most valuable use of your time?

Tip #1: Plan Plan Plan

Plan each day, week and month in advance. Make a list of tasks or ideas that need to be done and accomplished. For each day, plan the night before.

Plan during the weekend for the upcoming week and in the beginning of the month for the month ahead.

Doing so gives you a good overview of how the day, week or month will flow to prevent you from veering off or getting distracted.

Tip #2: Set Priorities for each task

Be clear on which of your tasks are important (valuable not urgent) and complete it. Furthermore, for those tasks, determine the time you’d like to complete the important tasks and be sure you work that one task until it is complete.

Once it’s complete, you can move on to the next one.

Tip #3: Breakdown tasks into small steps

Procrastination is usually derived from the overwhelming feeling of your major tasks at hand. To overcome this, try breaking down tasks into simple small steps and do it one step at a time.

If your task/goal is to prepare a speech, try breaking down the speech into small categories you’d like to talk about rather than as a whole.

Tip #4: Clarify your Goals

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Similar to setting priorities to each task, this tip dissects your goals even further.

Write down all of your goals in your notepad, planner or agenda and determine which of these goals take precedence.

Next to each goal letter it with either an “M” (most important) “N” (not too important) or an “L” (less important), designating the goals that are most important and less important.

Once those goals are determined, organize those goals that have a “M” next to them, a “N” next to them and so on. Once you’ve finished this step, in each category number each goal starting from one and write it next to the category.

When you determine the most important goal on your list (this is the goal that determines how you accomplish all of your goals on your list) write down all of the actions it will take to finish this goal.

Tip #5: Concentrate

Learning how to concentrate is an essential key to success.

When you are able to concentrate on a high priority task, you are then filled with energy and once it’s complete, that same energy transforms into excitement which is brought on due to the accomplishment you’ve experienced.

Tip #6: Eliminate Distractions

With social media and electronics being easily accessible, the levels of distraction are at an all time high.

To prevent time wasting, remove all elements around you that cause distractions.

For example, put your phone on “do not disturb” when you are working on an important task. Avoid answering emails, voicemails or IMs.

Delete all your social media accounts from your browser to prevent you from checking them. Control human interruptions by either putting a sign outside of your door saying “Busy”or locking your door to avoid intrusions.

Tip #7: Create a Time Record

Allocate where your time is going and keep track of what you’re spending all of your time on. Each time you do something, log the time you spent on that task.

Whether it is answering a phone call, time spent at a meeting or even socializing, log your time and analyze how you’re spending your time.

Ask yourself, if the time you are spending is consistent with your goals, or if you’re spending it on things that are important to you. If you see that your time is not being used wisely, keep modifying your plan.

Tip #8: Delegate

Give/Outsource everything you can to someone else. It is important not to waste your time doing low priority tasks if success is your goal.

Delegating them out to someone who can do the work at a less price allows you to focus on those tasks that have a higher return. When you delegate a task, first think through what you need done.

Then, give the task to the right person. Next make sure the task is clearly defined (include a deadline).

Last, check it to make sure it was done right and on time.

Are you ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and accountability to increase your time management skills?  Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Sessiontoday!

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Tips for Getting Organized at the Workplace

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So we all know when work gets hectic, the first thing that appears out of order is our workspace.

Deadlines are missed, meetings go over its allotted time and paperwork … don’t let me start on paperwork.

As time passes, the chaos is put on the back burner and now your workplace turns into frustration no one wants to deal with.

The thing is, as long as you continue ignoring the pandemonium around you, your business begins its downward spiral.

Time management goes out the door, you begin to lose focus and worst of all you lose money.

The good news is the moment you come to the realization of the disarray, you can  turn it around and start fresh again.

Lets go through some tips on how to effectively organize your workplace.

1. Determine work “Regions”

Establish what type of action happens in each area of your office. This includes your main workspace, a reference area and a supply area. It is important to make sure the appropriate equipment and supplies are located in the proper area as much as possible. This is to make sure after use each item is in its place.

2. Focus on the Important and Urgent Tasks

If your tasks are neither important nor urgent try not to focus on such tasks. Make sure the important tasks are in fact important and work on those first. When complete, focus on the urgent tasks. All others can be dealt with on your spare time (emails, voicemails). Before your day starts, make a list of tasks you need to accomplish before you leave for the day.

3. Use an Organizer/Calendar

When it comes to listing your daily tasks, try using an organizer to jot them down. This keeps everything in one location which not only prevents you from forgetting what's important but it also helps you accomplish your goals. 

4. File weekly

Avoid letting your filing pile accumulate. A great rule of thumb is to place all completed paperwork in a “To be Filed” folder or storage bin and file everything once a week. Do not skip on this step because with consistency, it will help minimize the build up of paperwork on your desk and around the workplace.

5. Make a “Conference” folder

Put all items that need to be discussed, handed out, as well as next week’s topic in this folder. It’ll help you be prepared for meetings, effectively guide you through the meeting and keep everyone included in the meeting up-to-date on the latest information regarding the meeting.

6. Create an “Awaiting/Pending Response” (APR) folder

A lot of the paperwork we have on our desk are the prime cause to the clutter at work. They are usually put on hold until someone else responds or acts. Placing such papers in an APR folder will keep them at one place making it easy to get to when this stage is completed. Try checking it every 2-3 days for unresolved actions you may need to follow-up on.

7. Straighten your desk

At the end of every workday other than writing down the next day's tasks,  straighten your desk so you have a fresh start the next day. Discard what you do not need, place important documents in a designated folder and most importantly keep everything in its proper place. Because a messy desk makes it difficult for individuals to concentrate, keeping a clean desk will increase focus, boost morale and decrease stress levels.

Are ready to receive the expert assistance, encouragement, and accountability on how to keep your workplace organized?

Reserve your courtesy Organizing Breakthrough Session today!

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