{"id":5209,"date":"2009-10-29T23:55:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2014-03-23T03:40:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T07:40:50","slug":"another-layer-of-decluttering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/another-layer-of-decluttering\/","title":{"rendered":"Another layer of decluttering"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just finished cleaning my office yet again<\/em> and rearranging the furniture in it.\u00a0 I now have absolutely zero clutter in there and no excuse not to come in and sit down to work right away each day.\u00a0 Part of my routine is typically to rearrange my stacks of Work To Do<\/em> in separate piles around the desk area.\u00a0 My desk faces my southwest corner, and I look out a south window to my left and the west window to my right. Under each window is a long credenza, and on each credenza are stacks of the current projects I am working on.\u00a0 I like seeing everything in one layer like that.\u00a0 But sometimes I get a lot of mail and some of it gets placed on top of the credenza, just until I get to it.\u00a0 And 5 and 20 deliveries later, my credenzas are filled with mail and supplies and I finally have to deal with it if I want a clear working space again. <\/p>\n

I stay fairly clutter-free, especially for someone who receives as much mail as I do.\u00a0 People send me a lot of things that I would love to look at, when I have time.\u00a0 I used to shuffle these from one stack to the next until I finally just created an entire drawer for “Stuff to read when I have time”. Everything has a place and today I made sure to put everything back in its place.\u00a0 All supplies unpacked and to the supply closet.\u00a0 All books unpacked and stacked for logging in.\u00a0 All mail open and sorted.\u00a0 All bills into the flip calendar.<\/p>\n

As usual, there were about a dozen random sheets I didn’t know what I’d saved them for, but my motto is “when in doubt, toss it out,” so I did.\u00a0 Now everything is put away nice and neat, and there is plenty of empty space as well, to begin new stacks. This room looks so huge now, especially with the 5 rolling tables put back in the shed.<\/p>\n

So now, in the morning when I sit down at my desk, I no longer have to wade through about an hour of moving papers around (a’ la deck chairs on the Titanic<\/em>) before settling down to work.\u00a0 Now I can come right in, sit at an organized station and get productive right away.<\/p>\n

Like on the billing.\u00a0 The billing I should have begun Monday. So this morning I’ve come into the office bright and early and I’ll whip out the billing by the end of the day.<\/p>\n

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.<\/p>\n

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