Your Office, but Better
A Guide to Organizing Your Workspace
What We’ll Cover Purge
• The Filing Cabinet• Desk
Reorganize Storage Tid Bits
Purge - The Filing Cabinet
Take it one step at a time• You will be more likely to succeed
Get rid of things 5 years and older
Scan important documents • Easier to store one CD or thumb drive than 40 files
Purge - The Filing Cabinet
Get rid of damaged files• Don’t be wasteful, but ensure a nice presentation
Print labels
Color code
Purge - Desk Fix or discard broken items
• Supplies, décor, etc
The black hole called a drawer• Get rid of broken pens and dry highlighters• Remove old gum wrappers, any old personal items (i.e.
empty lotions, plasticware)
Take inventory• Take inventory while you go, if you have 20 dry highlighters,
order new ones
Reorganize Put everything
back
Straighten your desk before you leave daily
Designate necessary boxes
Storage and Aesthetics Two birds with one stone
• Use multi-purpose items
Stackables
Take pride in your space
Storage Reuse old items
Make space for things
Tid Bits Clean your computer
Have meeting bin
Set up a cleaning schedule
Label cords and the like
This module was developed by Krista Anderson - July 2013Contact her for more assistance at [email protected] or 405-744-7760; you may
also contact Joyce Martin at [email protected] or 405-744-7969
Sources: lifehack.org Better Homes and Gardens, and forbes.com, workinghomemom.com