{"id":3038,"date":"2008-08-13T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T13:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/13\/organize-your-home-office-and-increase-productivity\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T08:59:38","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T13:59:38","slug":"organize-your-home-office-and-increase-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=3038","title":{"rendered":"Organize Your Home Office and Increase Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
by KC Kudra<\/div>\n

Is your home office space affecting your productivity? Do you hunt for pens and pencils continuously? Is your document search an exercise in frustration? Are your papers a chronological stack of filing that is impossible to successfully navigate? Do you have an irrational fear of a paper flood catastrophe if you look for something at the bottom of the pile?<\/p>\n

First, take heart. Every office – home or otherwise – has to figure out how to deal with paper, pens, and clutter. Creating and maintaining an organized space is just part of the job.<\/p>\n

So, how do you clear the clutter and gain control?<\/p>\n

Space – The Essential Ingredient<\/p>\n

One of the largest challenges of staying organized is the ability to set up a system where you have room to grow. Space is essential.<\/p>\n

If you have spent the better part of a day cleaning out a drawer and replacing the items in organized, labeled files, but you cannot squeeze a single extra sheet, of paper, you have wasted your time and the un-filed papers will grow again.<\/p>\n

Be certain to have at least a quarter to a third (more if possible) of growing room when implementing a system. You may need to change over at some point, but having some extra space will encourage you to keep up with the organizing.<\/p>\n

Having space to add home office furniture in the form of filing cabinets and storage bins will help considerably with organization. Be sure and have at least one quarter to one third or more growing room when you implement your system. Extra space encourages you to keep up with your organization efforts.<\/p>\n

Set aside time to purge unnecessary documents. Not only will this provide more space but it will save you time that would otherwise be wasted looking through worthless paperwork.<\/p>\n

Keep It Simple<\/p>\n

Do not make your system too complicated or it will be hard to follow through. Color-coding can be the easiest if you do not have too many categories. This is effective for systems, which only require ‘Income’, ‘Expense’, ‘Projects’, ‘Correspondence’, or something similar.<\/p>\n

For filing of large groups of clients, projects or invoices, use a single drawer for each group of related files. A tall filing cabinet can even be divided into alphabetical or chronological systems.<\/p>\n

Another class of things you will need to make room for are the things that you refer to daily or even hourly. A posting board or corkboard near your desk would be in order. You can hang things like phone lists, ‘To-Do” lists and appointment calendars in one central location for easy reference.<\/p>\n

Maintenance<\/p>\n

A filing system is only as good as the upkeep. You may find it easier to have a small system of files located on or near your desk and daily or weekly transfer the items into their permanent home.<\/p>\n

The system will also work for stuff that you need off and on as the project you are working on progresses. Things like price lists, if you’re dealing with products, lists and articles<\/a> that you need to add to a website, rewrites and the like. If you need to refer to it continuously, then you want it close.<\/p>\n

How Do You File?<\/p>\n

Consider if you can realistically maintain a filing system. Perhaps labeled boxes would suit you better (especially if you tend to pile papers). The key is to find something you will feel comfortable maintaining. If papers are sorted and occasionally purged, your system will work.<\/p>\n

Everything in Its Place<\/p>\n

Everything MUST be assigned a home. By giving each item a place, you will not loose pens, cell phones, glasses, and so on. Do not crowd the items or you will get frustrated. Recognize that all of your efforts will help you run your business more efficiently and thus productively. Reward yourself for keeping the system working!<\/p>\n

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