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Paper, paper, piles of paper-is there a desk under there?  Here are three easy tips to help you start organizing your desk now:

• Start with visible paper & clutter first, don’t start by cleaning out drawers you can’t see into.  Start with what you can see.  As you create clear space you will be rewarded with more room and motivation to keep working!  Take everything off the desk and use the floor or another room to sort papers.  Place items back on the desk that you know you will be keeping such as phone, pencil holder, etc.
• Sort your papers into piles and keep the recycle bin and shredder close at hand for papers you come across that you no longer need.  Use sticky notes to label the piles according to your needs.  Labels for the piles may look like this:  To File, Bills to Pay, Papers to Read, Things to Do, Calls to Make.  Or anything that applies to your situation.
• When you have your papers down to what you really need, create folders with neat, clear labels to keep close at hand so you can start tackling those papers that need action!

Use these tips for organizing your desk and you will find the desktop again!

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Do you find you have receipts floating around everywhere?  Receipts stuffed in your purse or briefcase, laying on countertops, mixed in with papers on your desk?  Well, receipt storage can be as easy as envelopes labeled according to the name of your credit or debit card. 

• Take one envelope per credit or debit card and place the name of that credit card on the outside of the envelope:  Mastercard, Visa, Discover, Debit Card, etc.
• Each time you use your card, come home and place the receipt in the labeled envelope.
• When your statement comes you can quickly check the receipts from that envelope against your statement.
• Time to shred the receipts that do not need to be saved.
• If you have a receipt with an item that may need to be returned, you can keep a “Return” envelope as well-clean it out when you know the item is a keeper.

Reign in your receipts and keep them at your fingertips!

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Take a little bit of time every week, even just 15 minutes, to tidy up your office so you get off to a  fresh start on Monday.  Since I have a home office, I find that Sunday evenings work really well for me.  If you are working in a business office, consider taking the last 15 minutes of your day on Friday to straighten up.  Now this isn’t about a big ‘clear the clutter and reorganize session,’ this is just a little cleaning tune-up that doesn’t require a lot of brain power. 

First critical step:  Put on some good music.

Other quick and easy tasks: 

• Dust
• Empty garbage & recycle
• Water plants
• Vacuum
• Wipe down computer screen
• Clean keyboard
• Shred papers
• Lay out projects to work on during the week
• Delete e-mails
• Look over schedule for the week

Final critical step:  Treat yourself to some chocolate-never hurts!

Take a little time each week to clean up  a bit and feel in control when Monday rolls around!

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