Today, March 8th, is the official Organize Your Home Office Day. When is the last time you actually took time to do that? If you can’t remember, then it’s been too long! Yeah, yeah – we know the excuse “But it’s an organized mess!” Really, it isn’t. Even though you know just which junk pile everything is in, the clutter is still affecting your productivity. And if you aren’t productive, you don’t get paid. And if you don’t get paid – well, things tend to go downhill real quick.
We shouldn’t need a special day to remind us to tidy up our workspace. It’s so much easier to get a handle on and to establish a system that works (a system other than the junk pile one you’ve been using) if you tackle it often. Even if it’s just for a few minutes every other day, you can still make real progress. So the next time you’re about to shut down for the day, add one last thing to your To Do List and clear away some of the clutter. A few minutes here, a few minutes there – and pretty soon, you’ll notice those (un)organized junk piles disappearing before your very eyes. Hey! You might even find a desk under there. You never know!
