Spring Cleaning…at Work?

Thanks for this wonderful, greatly needed reminder.  I'm drowning in a papers and folders.  This article gives good ideas to do spring cleaning in the least time.  I'm sure i'll feel much more better and relieved after getting the cleaning done. 

I have to keep things organized or I find that I get distracted throughout the day. The piles/boxes of like things helps as well.

When I first seen the picture, I thought to myself, "Is that my desk?"  My desk is always cluttered with so many items. These tips will most definetly help me in my "spring cleaning" and hopefully, I can stick to them!

I am a stay at home Mom now, but I sure would've liked to have shared this articke with the company I use to work for! Awesome ideas...I may just send them the link anyways! ;)

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Love your blog !Thank you for sharing your ideas with us!

These are some great ideas and strategies to remember and use at work and in our home offices, too ! We can all be more effective when we use these tips and hints. Thanks!

 I've been nodding right along with this entire article! My home office (and myself, for that matter!) is a total victim of the "What if?" game. I like the suggestion of keeping things orderly and sticking with a routine so you can avoid feeling overwhelmed and subject to procrastination. Thanks for the tips...I'm just relieve to know I'm not the only one!!

Great Info!! Thanks

I really love the advice and am going to institute this Friday as Office Spring Cleaning!

I often find myself like this photo and have clutter everywhere and I am constantly trying to organize it only to constantly fail because it is too much.  I really need to slowly take what this article says and start figuring out what is important to organize and what just needs gotten rid of.

1hey i like this blog post. i am so neat and tidy..but i also occasionally let it all pile up on me..and then one fine day..i make it a point to get to the cleaning again. i dont like clutter and it becomes impossible to motivate myself to work if i see clutter.

but i also feel its time consuming to keep cleaning a little everyday.. best thing is to clean once a week. :) i found u from MomCentral blog. and m glad i did.

of "what if" syndrome as well.  Need to start setting some sort of limit and purge the not needed.

I can totally relate.  I too have so many files and paperwork from 8 years ago, that I am too scared to get rid of, because my boss or I may need it.  I will definitely use these tips, to cut down on my office clutter.

I am moving my home office right how (basement to bedroom, cheaper rent. kidding..) and cannot believe how much stuff I have. I way underestimated how much stuff I needed to sort through before I hauled it way up two flights of stairs.

I like the organizing ideas; I hope it will help me from just stashing things here and there and not gather so much clutter in case, you know, I actually move to a 'real' office some day!

Our company institutes a cleanup day every few years. It's great to have time specific for this task, as well as going down memory lane for past projects, or even files from people that have left.

I'm a teacher...I have to clean my "office" aka classroom at least once a year!  Packing things up always helps me reorganize.

I've found that I'm also moving offices after 10 years and I can't believe all the things I have accumulated! I've been working really hard to clean up the space for the next person and to weed out what I truly no longer need. It is amazing how much can build up over time and what seemed important 10 years ago to keep is now so trivial!

My office space desperately needs a clean up. i have paper piled up everywhere and i have very little desk space left for myself. thanks for the tips and reminder!

If I kept anything else like I do my closet it would be a disaster! My closet has everything in it!

I found you by way of an email from Mom Central.  

I understand the clutter.  We are in the process of packing up the house for a move which is three hours away.  I said I don't want to bring all this "stuff"  Our home office looked good until I opened file cabinets and closet doors.  Wow!  As I started going through the papers, I kept saying, "Do I really need this?"  I, of course, kept everything 'just in case'  So, we have been filling up the trash can and man does it feel good.

I have noticed how hard it is to clean the room due to the amount of papers, so you are right on about the excess papers causing you to shut down and not be able to jump in to the project at hand.  

I enjoyed and appreciated the tips you shared. Since I have family members with small children who needed school supplies,  I took some of the boys old artwork/drawings and scanned them in to the computer for a digital scrapbook.  I used the originals to wrap books, boxes, etc of 'stuff' I was sending in the mail to family members that we didn't need anymore.  

Have a great day! 

Great tips!  I have a ton of stuff to go through in my office it's overwhelming.

I also have quite a few dry erase boards and would love to hear various ways people use them.  I have one that is a calendar, other is for notes and then one that will be used for a client of mine.  I would love to have one wall in the home office be a dry erase board, that would be cool.

Great tips! I need to start incorporating most of thm. I get so overwhelmed at times

 I laughed when I read this, I am a "Keeper" of paper. I swear I should have worked for the IRS! I keep every receipt and paper, including e-mail. I have this fear of needing it someday. I don't work in an office type environment any more, but this applies to me at home too. Space is limited and I totally need to learn to purge!

I hate to say it but the picture looks like my desk at home.  I think the dry erase board is a great idea

I recently moved my home office after 5 years and WOW there was a lot of clutter, papers, discs, and more! I was blown away by the mess. So I loved this post. I am going to try to be more organized and do the spring cleaning once a year so next time I move my office it won't be so chaotic!!!