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My #1 Organizing Tip
Organize your home work space.
Whether it’s a real desk or half of your dining room table that’s acting as your desk, clean it off. Be ruthless. Sort your paperwork into four piles, “file,” “shred,” “recycle,” and “hold.” File, shred, and recycle as appropriate.
If you don’t already have them, create files for “to-do” paperwork and “pending” paperwork to keep on your desk. Your “hold” items should go in these.
Your “to-do” file is for bills that you need to pay or any items you need to take care of.
Your “pending” file is for anything that needs input from someone else before you can proceed.
If it doesn’t belong in either of those two files, you need to file it, shred it, or recycle it.
Look at your files every day, and do what needs to be done.
Congratulations! You’ve just tackled the biggest issue that holds people back.
Think about it. If your desk is a mess, it’s hard to find things. If it’s hard to find things, it’s easy to give up and give in to the chaos.
Way to go!
