Keeping a clean work desk
I work in a heavy paper environment and my department is in charge of keeping all the paper in order. I have constant paperwork coming into my in-box, paperwork requested to deliver to others and invoices, packing slips, mail and on and on. I manage to keep everything organized and this helps tremendously with time management and effectiveness at work.
A key factor in keeping a clean desk is NOT multi-tasking. For day to day tasks that are redundant I try my best to concentrate on only one task at a time. I set a up a time-frame for each task and finish what I have started. Once I have completed one task I move on to the next and mentally set up another time frame.
At the end of every month I go through my desk and purge all of the items that are outdated or not needed. I am in charge of purchasing and I get a ton of catalogs from various places. I found that Staples and OfficeMax are my two favorite places to order so I usually go through a new catalog, see if their price on something I buy frequently is good, if not toss it! Holding on to phone books and catalogs take up much needed space on my desk and add to clutter.
The one thing I must be both sad and happy about is the lack of drawers at my desk. Sad because I have a few things on the top of my desk that I would rather hide. Happy because drawers can get stuffed with less than desirable stuff-clutter!
How do you keep your workspace organized? I love the pull out keyboard tray and my in-box!!!
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