Friday Feature: Winning the paper clutter war 3/4
May 23, 2008 by Jennifer Hofmann
(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – This month’s Friday Features are addressing the challenges of paper clutter.
Today’s feature comes from Susan Whelan of Suite101 with a gentle, intelligent approach to handling office clutter.
I especially agreed with her point that not every paper is worth keeping – and that accepting this makes the work easier to do. She suggests 4 ways to sort through paper and then gives ideas about what to do with it next.
When you sort through your papers, how do you know what to keep and what to get rid of? How do you know something is worth keeping?
I really struggle with this and often end up just shuffling stuff around. I think it’s about procrastination; the papers I’m shuffling represent things I don’t want to do.
I probably also keep and file too much, because it makes me feel organized and productive – silly!