It’s a week before spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere, so maybe a little bit early for spring cleaning. It’s a month before tax returns in the US are due to be filed, and if you’re like me, perhaps you’ve found a lot of things to do instead of getting organized for that chore.
Today is designed for us – it’s Organize Your Home Office Day. Do you have a good file system that separates your work and personal finances? Is it up to date? Do you know where your W2s and 1099s are? Cancelled checks? Credit card statements? And has your mouth gone dry and have your palms gone moist, like mine? Today, can you block out some time to make your home office look and feel organized?
There are a lot of systems you can use to whip a home office into shape. The one that works best for me is to have the shredder in the middle of the room, a vertical file folder holder or a hanging file frame ready to put “birds of a feather” together, and a large trash bag for the things that can just go. Whatever your system, today’s a great day to at least get started on spiffing up the space you work in at home. If you need a little inspiration, and also ideas on what else you can organize in your head, heart, and life, here are three episodes of the world’s second-shortest podcast:
Comparing your organization to others’ and feeling low? Here’s a Tiny Bite for that!
Need to organize the impossible? Here’s a Tiny Bite for that!
Want to learn to organize your feelings like you can organize your desk? Here’s a Tiny Bite for that!
Once you get your home office whipped into shape, you’re going to want to take all that organization into the rest of your home. No worries – spring officially begins a week from today, so the countdown to spring cleaning is on!
Wags,
Sandy Weaver
Program Director, Center for Workplace Happiness
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