Your Office, but Better

A Guide to Organizing Your Workspace

What We’ll Cover Purge

• The Filing Cabinet• Desk

Reorganize Storage Tid Bits

Purge - The Filing Cabinet

Take it one step at a time• You will be more likely to succeed

Get rid of things 5 years and older

Scan important documents • Easier to store one CD or thumb drive than 40 files

Purge - The Filing Cabinet

Get rid of damaged files• Don’t be wasteful, but ensure a nice presentation

Print labels

Color code

Purge - Desk Fix or discard broken items

• Supplies, décor, etc

The black hole called a drawer• Get rid of broken pens and dry highlighters• Remove old gum wrappers, any old personal items (i.e.

empty lotions, plasticware)

Take inventory• Take inventory while you go, if you have 20 dry highlighters,

order new ones

Reorganize Put everything

back

Straighten your desk before you leave daily

Designate necessary boxes

Storage and Aesthetics Two birds with one stone

• Use multi-purpose items

Stackables

Take pride in your space

Storage Reuse old items

Make space for things

Tid Bits Clean your computer

Have meeting bin

Set up a cleaning schedule

Label cords and the like

This module was developed by Krista Anderson - July 2013Contact her for more assistance at akrista@okstate.edu or 405-744-7760; you may

also contact Joyce Martin at joycemartin@okstate.edu or 405-744-7969

Sources: lifehack.org Better Homes and Gardens, and forbes.com, workinghomemom.com