How to Organize your workspace or office

"Clean your workspace, increase productivity" 

Our office workspace is a sanctuary where we do everything mostly job related.  It is a home outside our home.  The office home base where we retreat to.  There are some people who spend more time in their workspace/office than in their own houses.  Since this is the case, it perfectly makes sense that you should keep your workspace/office neat and orderly.

Here are tips on how to do it:

1.  Put the same items together
It is the easiest thing that you can do to organize your cluttered office.  Items that belong in the same category should be put together, such as files and folders. 

2.  Sort and Organize
After putting all ofyour stuff together, arrange them whichever way it works for you: alphabetically, chronologically, importance level, etc.  It will definitely increase your efficiency.

3.  Get rid of junk
This includes stuff that are unrelated to work, occupying valuable space, adding clutter and creates distractions.  This may include family's or friend's pictures (your office isn't a gallery), magazines (unless you work in a publishing company), desktop ornaments/accessories, toys, gadgets, old files and folders, memorabilia and so on.

4.  Clean your space
An organized space is good, but having a Clean and organized space is much better!  It is great when your workspace smells like Orange pledge rather than dried-up sweat and dust.  You can use a vacuum and a damp rug.  If you're one of the lucky one, you can just call your Maintenance Department to do the nitty gritty for you.

5.  Add finishing touches
These finishing touches are items that not only pulls the look of your workspace or office together, it also portrays professionalism, success, discipline, sophistication and so on, while at the same time increasing productivity.  Items that I would suggest include a tabletop clock, a calendar, MP3 player with dock, one (just one) nice picture frame with a picture of your loved ones, a notepad and a nice pen holder with a Montblanc pen on it.

A Clean and organized office always equate to efficiency and productivity.  Aside from helping you improve your work output and performance, it might even wow the opposite sex.  Remember, girls like to get dirty only on clean spaces.

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