My Organized Biz

I hate shredding files. It’s noisy. And boring. But with today’s climate of identity theft, it’s a must. And you still have to get rid of the paper shreds, right?
Make sure you recycle your paper shreds. At minimum, toss them in the recycle bin. (Please use a cross-cut shredder that makes tiny pieces of paper – for your confidentiality!) There are other creative ways to use those tiny bits of paper.
Packing
Just last week I need to ship a package. Forget styrofoam peanuts or other non-green items. Use your paper shreds! It was the perfect cushion, and it didn’t cost me …read more

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Right now, I have several things I’m juggling at once.
I’m reading “Organize Your Office In No Time” (Monica Ricci) and plan to have a review for you (and giveaway!). But I’m also dabbling in a couple of Julie Morgenstern books: “Organizing from the Inside Out” and “Time Management from the Inside Out”.
And I like to read a variety of blogs, and yes that includes quite a few productivity and organizing blogs. Sometimes just one word or sentence will spark an idea. Or maybe I’ll learn something new. Find a new must-have office supply.
And I’ve started digging through YouTube to see …read more

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Want a few tips on organizing your workspace? You can watch a short video on YouTube that gives some tips on keeping your space efficient.
For instance, put the things you need most closest to you. Only keep today’s “to do” items on your desk. Get rid of the ten notebooks you have strewn around and write everything down in one place. And clear your desk every day. Watch the video, from AsktheDecorator.com:

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Most advice you’ll see tells you to plan your week on Monday morning. And there’s some merit there, of course. First day of the week, you should plan how you’ll work on projects, making sure you set aside time to get things done.
But if you work a M-F schedule (and while few entrepreneurs really do, your clients probably do, right?) then Mondays are hectic, aren’t they? Do you really feel like you have time to plan your week first thing Monday morning?
You usually have to hit the ground running. So you already need to have your plan before you start …read more

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Reader Karen asked a great question. And since I was starting to type a book in the comments in response, I decided to write a quick post. Maybe it will help someone else, too. Karen states:
… I think the solution is not to keep so much paper “just in case.” I never get asked to review things again, so after a week or two of the project’s completion, I should throw away most of the paper and move on to the next thing. (Any other ideas?)
If you feel you absolutely MUST keep some documentation, Karen, think about keeping the last …read more

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If you’re interested in ways to not only declutter your office, but other areas as well, there are many books and sites to read. Sometimes you just need the basics to help you get started.
Try reading a brief ebook from the site Organize IT. The book is called Clutter 101: The Definitive Guide to De-cluttering Your Life.
While I don’t think that any one book is going to be able to tell you everything, there are some basics that can help you start planning how you’ll purge clutter – and then getting started.
I’m working to rearrange my work space, pare down, …read more

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Do you consider yourself a creative person? If you’re a small business owner, you are. You had to come up with a business concept and sell it. You need to find solutions to all kinds of problems to make sure your customers get your product. And you routinely think of new ways to save money or grow your business.
That’s creativity at work. But it’s easy to get bogged down in all of the mundane things. The day-to-day business of running your company. The endless mail. Paperwork. Phone calls. Clutter. Oh, the clutter. It could be paper. …read more

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Do you make long “to do” lists and never get everything done? And maybe you even schedule those tasks on your calendar, but still don’t manage to finish them. Sometimes it’s way too easy to put things off, isn’t it?
I struggle with the same things you do. Putting off a few things that I know I need to do. With a little one at home, it can be easy to get sidetracked. Or busy.
But there’s one thing you can try to help you manage your procrastination. Rescheduling.
What? You reschedule those tasks all the time, but they …read more

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What do you have to do to win? Leave comments on 5 of the blogs in the Sports Channel to be entered to win. And who couldn’t use a $200 certificate to Amazon?
(See the rules at Thoroughbred Fever.)

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What do you see when you walk into your office space? Do you immediately see what you haven’t finished? The incomplete projects, the paper or book clutter, the filing just waiting for you?
It’s tough to see what you’ve already accomplished, isn’t it? We focus a lot on what isn’t done instead of what already is. And that can lead to frustration. Impatience. Because you’re so busy thinking about what you didn’t do yet, you berate yourself for not getting enough done.
Get out of that mindset. Don’t forget to stop and congratulate yourself for what you’ve already …read more

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