Paper Management

You Don’t Need More File Drawers, You Just Need to Keep Less Paper!

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It’s amazing how many people I come in contact with who are overwhelmed by the amount of paper in their lives. Paper is an equal opportunity stressor.  It doesn’t care who you are, how much money you make, where you live or your level of education.  Only those individuals who’ve created a foolproof system for dealing with paper inflow and outflow are winning the war against paper stress.  The rest are waging a daily battle against the … Read More

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Next Steps: Important for Keeping a Clear Desk

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How many pieces of paper are sitting on your desk right now? Have you given much thought to why they’re sitting there?  What’s keeping them from being processed / moving off of your desk? Typically when papers pile up on my desk or a client’s desk it’s because the next steps that need to be taken for each of those papers is either not identified or it has been identified but not yet taken.  I thought about this … Read More

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Body Doubling: An Important Tool for Getting Stuff Done

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I’ve shared with you before that the area where I struggle most with organization is my desk.  In particular, I’ve talked about  using desk dumps to bring my desk back to ready.  I had most of last Friday off and my plan was to spend at least part of the morning clearing my desk and preparing for next week, before heading off to get my hair colored.  Unfortunately I found myself motivated to do just about anything other … Read More

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Taking Five to Process the Mail

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For the past couple of days I neglected to sort through my mail.  Instead of opening it and immediately recycling the junk and processing the rest, like I usually do, I let it sit in a pile on the corner of my desk.  It was amazing how big the pile was after just a few days. The pile reminded me of just how quickly my clients must find themselves overwhelmed when they neglect their mail.  Processing my … Read More

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