Well, today I had an explosion in my office. Not from a gas leak, not from fireworks, not from anger, but from me running in and throwing things down on my desk as well as spreading out projects. Can I think like this? No. Can I work like this? No. So, before I could sit down and work effectively, I had to get a handle on the situation.
So, here’s a ‘before’ photo and the steps for getting organized in my office:
Step #1: I quickly put papers and folders where they needed to go. A lot of the mess was just from me simply not taking the time to put something away. Closing my file drawer and just putting things back in their rightful place quickly changed the look in the room. Actually, it took 8 minutes to be exact. Under 10 minutes and I was almost back in business.
Step #2: I took the papers that I needed to work on and quickly sorted them by the order in which I wanted to work on them. This gave me a chance to decide which projects were of the highest priority and work my way down. This sorting took 1 minute.
Step #3: It was time to sit down and get to the work. Now I could think. Now I could work.
I don’t recommend throwing papers down on your desk. But I know that we all get busy and we don’t always work in a way that is neat at all times. The reason it was easy for me to organize my office quickly, was really because I already had systems in place. Today my main task was really to restore order.
So, here is the ‘after’ photo:
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Your before pic looks like my home office on good day. How do you get to the point that you can get back on track in 10 minutes?
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