The Savvy Entrepreneur

As you know, this week I’m concentrating on organizing my office. I’ve put this off for… let’s say…. a few years. I don’t have a system in place, so I file stuff a little all over the place. I have 3 notebooks — I’ll write in whichever one is close at hand, so my notes are scattered in these 3 books. I have Post-It Notes covering my desk. The 4 or so books I’m reading are hanging around my desk (and my bedroom… and the kitchen…). The 2 information products I’m working on are stuffed somewhere in my 3-tiered stacker. Finally are the binders, magazines and papers that I’m not sure where to put.

As you can see from today’s picture, I didn’t accomplish much — I was on-site at client’s most of the day. But here’s what I was able to do:

• I removed a magazine file that was holding 10 copies of Enneagram Monthly and put those 10 issues on my bookcase next to the 2000-2003 Ennagram Monthly bound volumes. (I’ll eventually recycle the 10 and purchase bound volumes each year). I was able to place my Kleenex box in its place.
• I hid the PC tower (put there by my husband over a month ago) under my husband’s computer desk (you cant’ see it here, but his desk is just next to mine). OK, so I’m moving the mess some place else, but it’s off my desk and out of sight.
• I got rid of 2 magazines that were hanging around, just waiting to be read. I read them this morning, kept what I wanted and threw away the rest.

I know it’s not much, but it’s a start. Tomorrow I’ll do a little more. This is how I’ll go about organizing my office, until I get my copy of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.

Any suggestions (Jacki, help!).