Note Investing Success Tip: Keeping a clean, organized desk

Keeping a clean, organized desk is one of the best things you can do to keeping your office organized and focused. A clean desk will provide a spot to have everything in its place and keep clutter out of the picture. In this article, I will give you 3 tips to keeping a cleaner desk at your office.

Before you do anything though, I want you to get everything off your desk including utensils, coffee cups, papers etc. This will give you a starting point, a sense of refresh for your new organization skills.

Tip 1. Buy a paper organizer! Excess papers and documents on your desk will create clutter and distraction when working. How many times have you had to find some important document and just couldn’t find it in your massive stack of papers? I remember when I bought my first desk, I was so excited just to have a work station. I kept everything on my desk because I thought that was where it was supposed to go. Sooner, it got so cluttered that I got very flustered and couldn’t keep focused on the given task because I had so much to look at. Not being organized also causes unneeded stress because you know you need to file stuff away, but just don’t want to get around to it. Let me tell you this, your productivity will go down with cluttered desk. I suggest going to a local Target and getting a simple file cabinet and paper organizer with labels so everything has its place and it’s off your desk.

Tip 2. Staking up, not across! Thinking of your desk as real estate, you only have so much of it. The trick is to stack up and not across. When organizing up, you won’t clutter your desk anymore. There are some websites and office stores that have organizing tools that stack up such as organizers and paper holders. I use the file cabinets that hang above the desk so that eliminates any extra stuff i have to place on the floor in my office or beside my desk. Experiment and see what works for your situation.

Tip 3. Using your drawers! Nowadays, many office desks provide drawers for added organizations and storage capacity. Use them! Instead of keeping supplies above your desk, keep them in the drawer. It will create more space for stuff that you are working on and keep you focused and more productive.

Using these three simple and powerful ways to keep your desk clean will boost your productivity and focus.

Let me know what you think in the comments below. Thanks for reading!

Matthew Hell

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