Staying Organized

There is a strategy that must be applied for getting and staying organized. Apply these tips to create and maintain an effective home office work space.

Avoid common organizational mistakes and pitfalls in your home office.

Manage Sent Items and use nested folders to further organize your e-mail inbox.

There are lots of ways to keep your office e-mail inbox organized. You can create a folder hierarchy, group e-mail you want to keep, maintain time-delimited mail together, and use nested folders.

If you’re ready to get your PC and your office organized, clean and in order, you’ll want to read this 12-step guide for gaining control. This is the first of a series of articles on getting and staying organized.

You’ve finally cleaned and organized your home office, but how in the world will you keep it that way? Learn the tricks the pros know – from using deep drawers for storing bulk paper to attaching an inbox to your office door to hanging a calendar, corkboard and/or whiteboard on your wall.

Printers and scanners are a must-have for today’s savvy computer users. Unfortunately, they are bulky and can be problematic. Printers can stop working after a cartridge change, and scanners can cause computers to hang while trying to complete a high-resolution scan. Due to the (often) low expense to replace them, this hardware can often contribute to a messy and unorganized work area.

Be prepared for a disaster by dedicating a shelf in your home office to preparedness supplies.

Need some help organizing your home office? Move your PC’s tower off your desk and into a cubby to save desk space. Likewise, move it off the floor so you can vacuum the dust bunnies that are currently surrounding it.

If you have a problem when it comes to throwing stuff away, you’re not alone. There are all kinds of packrats and you may be one of them. Learn how to take control, starting with your home office.