My Organized Biz

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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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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Do you regularly clean out your files? Do you go through and toss everything that you no longer need so you can make room for the more important files? You should be. But it can be a huge task.
I recently cleared out seven years of files (my old job). I had culled things each time I moved offices, but there was still a lot of paper that would make no sense to anyone but me. So I filled up a couple of recycling bins (small ones, mind you, but still!).
I tried to do it over the course of a few …read more

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(myorganizedbiz.com) – It seems like many small business owners are drowning in paper. We just don’t know what to do with all of it, do we? Sometimes we’re afraid to get rid of something because we might-possibly-maybe need it at some indeterminate time in the future. Or it has confidential information on it: someone’s credit card number, account number, or personal information. So we file it away. It’ll be safe in our files, right?
But it adds to our already burgeoning file cabinets. And deep down we know we probably don’t need it. So to keep dumpster divers from grabbing it, …read more

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(myorganizedbiz.com) – Does your business create a lot of paper? When you feel buried in piles of paper, you start looking for storage solutions.
After a while, you just can’t physically store that paper any longer, can you? That’s when it’s time to consider scanning as much as you can. Since scanned documents are much more acceptable than they once were – including tax receipts and some legal documents – and storage devices are continually dropping in price, it’s a good time to start scanning.
But would you trust someone else to scan your documents? A company called Pixily proposes to do …read more

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Sometimes we have trouble deciding what to do with paper. Should I file it? Keep it? Throw it away?
If you’re worried that you’ll get rid of something that can be important later, you can become paralyzed from fear of making the wrong decision. Add in a bunch of papers in that “what do I do with this?” category and suddenly your desk is awash in unsorted stacks.
And all of those papers are really just decisions waiting to be made. So what do you do? Don’t bother with perfection. Just think of a general topic or category and file under …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – One of my desk drawers is rapidly becoming a junk drawer. Oh, it didn’t start out that way, but over time it has become a sort of catch-all for the things I don’t know what to do with.
The drawer contains a bunch of cords that I know I need for various electronic devices. Software for my laptop and desktop. Extra sharpies. My iPod shuffle. Extra earphones. Battery chargers. There may even be some other items lurking under the mess.
So this week, I’m going to conquer this drawer. I plan to empty it completely and start over. First, …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Name one thing that will give you a head start on feeling organized tomorrow. How about clearing your desk? When you clear your desk before you leave, you give yourself a brand new start for the next day.
Think about it. You walk into an office with a neat, clean desk. How do you feel – ready to tackle your day? Consider the alternative. You walk in and your desk is a maelstrom of chaos. Do you feel defeated before you even get started?
I know I do. I just cleared off part of my desk today (and managed to …read more

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(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I’ll admit that after my trip to BlogHer, I am fighting the chaos and clutter beasts. The traveling – with a baby in tow – wore me out. And don’t tell anyone, but I haven’t even unpacked yet.
I know. So busted, right?
One of the things I want to do here is be honest when I’m having a rough time staying on track. I want to share what’s going on and how I try to fix it. Because organization is never perfect, never one-size-fits-all.
And also, I hope that telling you about it makes me a little more accountable to …read more

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