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My home office and home (in general) has been chaotic in the last few weeks. With all my travel, extra work (thank you JESUS!), and a lot of personal "stuff," my home office has gone through a bit of a strain.I couldn't keep up with the amount of paperwork being thrown at me, and I can't work in a messy space.
In the last week I have created mountains of paperwork on either corner of my desk because my desk was entirely packed with "stuff." I have boxes of unopened "stuff" that was shipped to me ready to topple over from the weight. Yah, that bad.
But today my hubby started work late and won't be home until the wee hours of the evening. He's usually home at 6:15 p.m., and as most married women know, men like attention after a hards day work. So yah, I couldn't do anything when my hubby got home this week.
It wasn't hard to take advantage of this alone time by turning off my social media. I was already late to an event I was invited to (oh well - there's always next year), and all of my Friday night deadlines were done when I just went at it.
My process was simple: Start at the obvious heaps of paper and go through each one. Throw away trash, write down any notes on a digital notepad (MAC is a lifesaver), and divide any necessary/must keep paperwork into different stacks to file: client work, agency paperwork, blogger related, and personal "stuff." Organize by date or priority and file in a marked folder.
That was it.
No paper, file, or box was left unturned. I stuffed my waste paper bin and made several walks to the trash box - papers, boxes, and "stuff" in tow.
It didn't take much time once I focused - two hours at most.
While there is still more to do (I have one HUGE box of stuff for the accountant), at least my desk is now workable...as in, I can actually write on my desk and not on a mound of paper.
I also made the time to synch my personal calendar with my 9-5 AND blogging calendar.
My to-do list was finally cleaned up (WOW, I've done A-LOT in the last month), and my files make sense (no more mounds of paper all over the floor).
I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The best part about this? My hubby is working ALL-DAY-LONG on Saturday (this weekend). While I would be really (really!) upset about this any other day, today I'm looking forward to getting more stuff done - uninterrupted.
Yah for a productive weekend ahead!!