Archive for 'Organizing Your Office'

The Alarming Cost of Clutter (and what you can do about it)

I often see people putting off hiring a professional organizer because they feel it’s too expensive. If you can relate, you are not alone. But if you calculate the real costs of clutter in your home or office, you’ll discover that it costs more to remain disorganized – much more. Consider this…

Clutter costs you time: 

If your . . .

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Don’t Wait Until Your Computer Crashes.

Those of you who subscribe to my monthly ezine will recognize this tip from last month’s issue:

Out with the old, in with the new:

Is your out-dated office equipment slowing you down? Maybe it’s time to upgrade or replace it. Or, have you replaced your equipment but kept the old laptop or printer ‘just in case’? Take back your space and give your office a fresh start by letting . . .

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Getting Control of Email

Addicted to the internet? Constantly checking your email? Challenge yourself to disconnect for just half a day. See if you can work yourself up to a full day, then an entire weekend. Impossible? Look to novelist James Sturm for inspiration; he went four months without the internet because he felt his addiction was a constant distraction, lowering his productivity level and deteriorating his relationships.

When I ask clients what their . . .

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Conquering Paper Clutter: Piler vs Filer

I was on Steven and Chris yesterday talking about the number one reason clients call me for help: paper clutter. The show airs this Monday, January 25th on CBC, but I thought I would share some of my tips with you in advance.

We are all inundated with paper, now more than ever. And it’s no wonder – we get more mail in a week than . . .

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Out With the Old

On a rainy day in August, 2003, I decided it was time to do a complete office purge. I had been running my business for just over 2 years at that time, and the small filing cabinet I was using was so full, it was becoming too much of a chore to file new documents. So papers were starting to pile up on top of the filing cabinet, and that . . .

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