How To Organize a Desk
- April 28, 2008
- 17,239 Views
Voice Over Artist
Marci Fine
Music
Edison Music Corp
Writer
ShannonH
Does your desk look like a robber rifled through it just before a hurricane hit the room? Organize it so that it gets under control and stays that way.
You Will Need
- A garbage can
- A wet cloth
- A rubber band
- A filing system
- Small boxes or containers
- A mug or pen holder
- A shredder
Step 1: Remove everything
Take everything—except big items like computer equipment—off and out of your desk.
Step 2: Clean it
Wipe the desk down with a wet cloth.
Step 3: Toss it
Toss everything that is useless or outdated. Pitch pens that don’t work. You only need to keep credit card receipts until your statements arrive—and keep only the statements you’ll need for your taxes. Same for bills, invoices, and pay stubs. Shred or rip up anything that has personal data.
Reduce your paperwork by half by signing up for online banking and bill paying.
Step 4
Take all the business cards you’ve collected and put a rubber band around them—after noting the information you need in your address book.
Step 5: Decide on a system
Start a filing system based on whatever works for you, even if it’s just dropping papers into an accordion file by the month.
Step 6: Group like items
Put similar items, like paper clips and rubber bands, in small boxes or containers. Pens, pencils, and the like can go in a mug or pen holder.
Step 7: Take 10 minutes
Take ten minutes at the end of every day to clean off the top of your desk.
The average desk has 400 times more bacteria than your average toilet.
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Comments (8)
400 times more??
over 3 years ago by 9alexia
the bacteria fact has me concerned...have you ever seen some attorney's offices?
over 3 years ago by museartz
really? 400 times? learning something new everyday...
about 1 year ago by inose010
O_O ur average toilet seat is 320 germs per square inch
over 2 years ago by Genuis
Baby food jars make great containers for the little stuff.
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What does this have to do with the topic?
26 days ago by 789
I can't believe it has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet. That is incomprehendable! How could this even be?
26 days ago by 789
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