- If you don’t have a specific room, delineate a space by creating a zone with a rug or room screen divider.
- Consider buying a designated table or desk for your computer.
- Consider purchasing a desk armoire to house your “office”
- Further create smaller zones in your office space, such as:
- storage for office supplies-could be a cabinet, shelf or closet;
- reference area for books, audio and magazines; and
- a file cabinet or a file tote
- Create an area for a calendar, schedules and to-dos
- Consider purchasing a dry erase weekly calendar board
- Sync your calendar board with your electronic calendar
- Post goals, schedules and Vision Board in a visible space (To-dos should be in a day planner or in an app)
- Consider this neat, customizable Daily Planner System from Pottery Barn (see below)
- Magnetic dry erase board
- Magnetic calendar board
- Corkboard
- office organizer
- Letter bin
- Chalk board
- Linen pinboard
- Use the vertical space in the room-even if it is for decorative items like pictures, art or light fixtures
- Put papers that are no longer relevant into plastic file bins or cabinets and “archive” (put away) into long-term storage (eg: past 7 years of tax papers)
- To downsize paper clutter, consider buying a ScanSnap high speed scanner which creates searchable PDFs. (see below).
- Organize your computer files and back them up!
- Remember to include some decorative touches, like artwork, photographs, plants, fresh flowers and/or aquariums to personalize this space.
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