I’m on a kick tonight to do some office organizing and I love it!  Summertime is a tricky time to balance kids home from school, the house, business and some fun.  Earlier this week I put a halt to everything, packed up a book, the kids and we headed to the beach.  In a few weeks school will be back in session and we needed to take a break and just relax! 

Now, this afternoon I had to go the other direction and everything had to stop so I could get some work done.  Once I got going on crossing some things off my to-do list, I got the bug to organize and declutter in my office too.  Here are five easy steps you can do to organize your office:

1. Consolidate items by placing same items together-paper with paper, envelopes with envelopes, folders with folders, etc.
2. Look for ways to reduce packaging: combine half-empty boxes such as envelopes, get rid of empty boxes, especially ones that held computer programs.
3. Create a recyle and shred pile-then recycle and shred those papers!
4. Gather everything together that needs to leave the room such as items that need to go to someone else.  If it’s not time for it to leave the house yet, then at least put it all in one place so you can grab and go when it’s time.
5. Do some general cleaning,:  empty the trash, wipe down your computer, dust the desk.

It feels great to spend some of my time on office organizing and helps me think more clearly and feel less distracted.  Give it a go!

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