Let’s Get Started
Home office organization…it doesn’t have to be difficult. It doesn’t have to be someone else’s idea of neat and orderly. It is having what you need where you need it when you need it, and being able to find it quickly if it’s filed or stored.
Home office organization for the twenty-first century will help you do this while using all the great technology available to make it so much easier than organizing anything has ever been. Good old books are still part of the game, but I’m also going to be writing about eBooks, incorporating computers, PDAs, and scanners, to name a few items, to make your home office run like a Swiss watch with little effort after it’s set up. I’m not going to kid you, setting this up will take some time and some work up front. But once it’s set up it will make your life so much easier.
Let’s face it, looking at a cluttered desk or cluttered office makes you feel not-so-good about yourself. I know that’s how I feel. My office is a disaster area and I’ll be posting the “before” pictures so you can see I’m in the same position of clutter as most people. As we progress through this journey together, I’ll take pictures of how it’s going and there will be the “after” pictures, too, in later posts.
You may feel embarrassed because you can’t seem to keep your desk clean, or you may feel frustrated because you have to get up every time you need to use the stapler. You may feel generally depressed because every time you start a project you get bogged down in it because you can’t find what you need when you need it. Nothing goes very smoothly because of all the stops to dig for something you need to move on to the next task. You may feel angry because you miss very important appointments from time-to-time, appoints that could have long-term consequences for you or your business.
Home office organization is about your peace of mind, lowering your stress and frustration levels, and even your blood pressure. It’s also about raising your profitability. Being organized in a way that works for you will accomplish these much more positive outcomes. Who doesn’t want less stress, greater peace of mind and better profitability?
I mention profitability. Your business profitability and effectiveness are negatively effected by a disorganized office. I will write a post about that soon because you will find the statistics outright alarming.
So, we’re off:
- read some information that looks interesting
- find some ideas you like
- grab a trash can
- and just do it
Just start sorting through the first pile on your desk! You’ll be shocked at how little time it takes once you get started. I believe we spend more time dreading cleaning up our desks and offices than we spend actually performing the tasks to get it done. I’m on a mission to stop dreading and get moving. I hope you’ll join me.
Sherri
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