In my office, I tend to put aside the things I really don't feel like dealing with at any given time. That is fine as long as you go back and actually deal with it later.Many times I would find myself going through stacks of paperwork a foot high because I was shoving it aside all in one pile. Had I organized it when I set it aside in the first place, it may have not looked like such a daunting task to work on some of it.
A desk organizer will go a long way in helping to manage your work day. You don't believe it? Well go ahead and stack your unfinished work to the side of your desk all in one big pile, or better yet (like mine) ALL over the top of the desk, so you have to move papers every time you look for something.
I got one of those nice wooden desktop organizers that has an open part right in front of me with shelf slots above that and down each side.
Now I have labels on each section, so I can sort out the projects by priority. If I can set it aside for one day, it goes in that slot and so on. There is plenty of room on my desk still because of the open section in the middle.
To recap the three things I have done to improve my workflow, I have:
- Purchased a desk organizer with lots of slots to organize in
- Labeled the slots according to the time they should be handled within or by type of work
- Make sure I put things IN the organizer and deal with them accordingly instead of papers lying all over my desktop
I am very thankful that I purchased this handy organizer for my desk. It has meant that I have a little peace of mind (I actually almost wrote little piece of mind which is probably more accurate!) when I look at my desk first thing in the morning.
All UPSable
