by Hawkins | May 27, 2010 | Clutter, General, Office Organizing, Time Management, Uncategorized, Workplace productivity
You’ve got to work smarter, not harder, so your office space has to work for you. You can add extra storage to your office space by adding shelves to a wall then adding storage containers to hold office supplies and other items. One key thing to do BEFORE you...
by Hawkins | May 21, 2010 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Office Organizing, Taming the Paper Tiger, Uncategorized
Paper accumulates so quickly. Think about how many pieces of paper you encounter on a daily basis–the flyer from the local coffee shop or your child’s school, receipts from the day, the shopping list and the day’s mail. This is the stuff that...
by Hawkins | May 19, 2010 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Kitchen organizing, Office Organizing, Taming the Paper Tiger, Uncategorized
How much mail do you have stacked on the flat surfaces of your home or office right now? The usual landing pads are your entry way table, kitchen counter and dining room table. If you’ve got that stack of mail, you’re not by yourself. This tends to be a...
by Hawkins | May 17, 2010 | Clutter, General, Home Organizing, Taming the Paper Tiger, Uncategorized
So many of us have an overload of paper and magazines and catalogs are a good part of that. If your paper overload consists of magazines, look at the number of catalogs that you get and the number of magazine subscriptions that you have. Do you really need all of...
by Hawkins | May 6, 2010 | Clutter, Home Organizing, Problem Areas, Uncategorized
With the arrival of the warm weather, you’re probably pulling out your spring and summer clothing and putting away the heaver items. This is one of the times when the closet monster rears its ugly head. When you bring out clothes for the new season, it’s...
by Hawkins | Apr 29, 2010 | General, multitasking, Productivity, Uncategorized, Workplace productivity
Interruptions can really derail your day. You stop once to take care of the person who walked into your office and before you know it, an hour has gone by. How do you handle the daily interruptions of the phone, people arriving at your door or cubicle or a request...
