Time has flown. It's been six months since you came back from your relaxing holiday over Xmas and New Year. Remember when you charged into
office that first day, all primed to make
new year
best ever. You made a New Year's Resolution that you would definitely get organised to start
coming year with a bang! So what did you do? You cleaned out all
clutter that had accumulated throughout 2002 and in some instances, since 1992!
And once you had completed this mammoth task, you felt fantastic. The office never looked so good. No more buckling bookcases, overflowing filing cabinets, wall to wall and desk to door piles of paper. In fact, your colleagues couldn't believe what they saw. The CEO walked in and thought he was in
wrong office!
Six months later…
Let's have a look at your office now … six months later. What does it look like? Is it still in pristine condition or does it look like a teenager's bedroom again?
A quick test…
Is your desktop hidden under a mountain of paper? Do your fingers bleed each time you access your filing cabinet? Do you risk an avalanche when you open
cupboard doors? The Solution for
Clutterers
If you answered yes to any of those questions, here's what you need to do.
Clean out
Clutter…
Put
voicemail or answering machine on, inform your colleagues you will be working on a high priority project for
morning/afternoon/day/week or month, grab a jumbo bin or three, close
door (if you have one) and get to work. Yes. It's that simple. Start with
floor, then
cupboards, bookcases, filing cabinets, desk and anywhere else.