Organizing Styles

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Visual

Visual Organization

Although you may like to have all of your projects and papers surrounding you like a protective blanket, it doesn’t mean your desk has to look like a tornado went through it. There are some wonderful solutions that will help cut back on the primordial paper ooze that is creeping off of your desk and onto the floor.

Pendaflex has a wonderful new product that I have dubbed the Pile File, but they professionally call it the PileSmart QuickView Jacket. You can safely store all of the papers you are working on for a specific project or client inside the Pile File and still stack it on your desk. It eliminates the eye sore, but still keeps it in sight.

Logical

Logical Organization

This is where it all makes sense! Having your office neatly cleaned is a job for your housekeeper, having your files and supplies logically placed where you need them most is up to you and your organizer. If you pay your bills in the kitchen, why would you have them in your office? If you send out packages on a routine basis, why would you have your scale in the garage and the packing materials in the hall closet? If you hate to file, why do it?

One of my favorite organizing tools is the classification folder. The logic behind the system is impeccable. The folder allows you to store the papers categorically and keeps them tidy and they don’t fall out. The best part about the classification folder is you don’t have to file. As soon as you receive a page that needs to be included in the classification folder you simply punch and place. No filing required.

Inspirational

Inspirational Organization

Beauty combined with functionality, oh doesn’t that sound good? Just because you work at home doesn’t mean your office needs to look like it. Why bother using the traditional plastic paperclip dish when you can use a beautiful dish or votive? For that matter, why bother using traditional paperclips?

Levenger has a great paper clip called the Sloopie and I use a pretty candle votive to house them in. The two combined work out beautifully and it’s functional as well!

For more information regarding Organizing Styles and the products recommended, please check out our “Organizing for Success: Get Organized and Stay Organized” ebook.