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How to Be Organized – (Taking Control of Your Day)
Do you waste much time during your day due to disorganization? Perhaps you spend 5 minutes searching for a misplaced file, another 5 looking for an email detailing an important meeting, and perhaps 10 minutes more finding today's to-do list, lost in the piles of papers on your desk. Before you know it, you've spent an hour throughout the day looking for things you can't find. And that's just one day! Imagine how much time you're losing each week, each month, and each year!
In this article, we'll look at some strategies for getting organized, so that we can start living and working to our full potential.
Organizing Best Practices
Use a notebook – One strategy that many organized people use is to work with a notebook. This notebook is like a "catch-all" for your thoughts and for what you do during the day.
Get organized during the first 15 minutes of your day – When you walk into the office in the morning, spend your first 15 minutes looking at what you need to do that day. During this organization time, knowing when you do your best work can also be a helpful scheduling tool.
Clear your desktop – Your desktop can often become a "catch-all" zone. There are old papers, future projects, files you're currently using and a pile of papers you simply haven't put away yet. If you want to get organized, then clearing your desktop is a smart strategy.
Create an "action area" on your desk – Use this area for the materials you need to complete the project you're currently working on.
Organize supplies or files you use often – Spend five minutes at the end of each day clearing off your desk and keeping it organized.
Organizing Tools
• Use digital calendars or planners
• Use a spreadsheet to keep track of your progress
Organizing Tricks
• Offer yourself a reward if you're finding it difficult to stay organized, try offering yourself a reward.
• Schedule small tasks if a task or project requires action beforehand (like picking up bagels and coffee for the staff meeting), then schedule these related tasks into your planner as well.
• If not, then try scanning a few documents every day, and eventually scan all project documents over the long-term.
Disorganization can cost you career advancement, decrease your productivity, and add stress to your life. Devoting time and effort to getting organized can help you tremendously in the long run.