If you are any thing like me then disorganized confusion can rear up very quickly in your office space. Those all important little pieces of paper that were there a minute ago seem to magically disappear into the air around you. So poke your head up from the computer screen and crawl out from the stacks of paper.

The number one key to organization is having a place for everything and putting everything in its place. This means having an "In Out Box" on your desk and a file drawer at your fingertips. Alongside of your "In Out Box" have a box specifically marked "Papers to be Filed" and USE IT! This one little box will eliminate 9/10ths of the confusion in your work place. Those all important papers will no longer be getting tangled up with, and lost, amongst the papers that are just recklessly now taking up space on your desk.

Keep a book handy for scribbled down phone numbers and, "DON'T JOT THEM ON A PIECE OF PAPER", put them in the book as they come in. Remember, everything in its place, and things won't be disappearing on you when you need them most. Keep a multi-divided tray on your desktop or in your closest drawer for the little bits and pieces of office equipment like paper clips, erasers, staples, etc. that usually clutter up your desk.

If you work from home, another problem can be the hazard of having young people invading your work space, or as in my case my grandchildren. To keep them from busily examining every object in my working world, I've set up a miniature office for them complete with their own desk, papers, pens, filing cabinet etc. Miraculously, it works to keep them out of my space and they are only too happy to come bouncing in and begin working at their end of the office while I work at mine.

Hope these tips help out and good luck.

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