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[...] my office space seems a total nightmare. Unclutterer has a great band-aid tactic in “Five uncluttering things you can do in your office right now“. I had to laugh, though, as number 1 is “Grab all those post-it notes off your [...]

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By: Mardi

Mardi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:49:13 +0000

@Malcolm – Macs come with a sticky note program already installed so your advice applies to Mac users too!

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:56:52 +0000

And another thing, I forgot to add that I agree with all the others quoted above – these 5 easy specific things to do are a great motivator! A regular spot like this would be great. Sort of reminds me of gardening columns in the newspapers – “this week bulbs should be stored for next spring. Clean up fallen leaves. Prune the roses now. Next week, we look at a simple project for rainy winter days”….

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:49:27 +0000

@Jack – post it notes can be done in a paperless mode, so perhaps that is less cluttered. The on-screen notes I use are called stickies – http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ and they work really well. No need to have a sticky pad nearby, it all happens on the computer even in the middle of running something else, it is really easy. Windows, don’t know if it is available for Mac or not.

By: Magchunk

Magchunk — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:01:19 +0000

My hold-up is the stack of papers that need files made for them before they can be filed. I really need to just move my butt and get them filed but it always seems to be last on my list. Moving it to first!

By: Winter Cleaning « Meg

Winter Cleaning « Meg — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:21:50 +0000

[...] I am devoting my morning work hours to decluttering my office, thanks to an inspirational post on Unclutter. I’m done with all holiday events (hence the Christmas costumes in the back corner) and [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:03:30 +0000

I went for it today… and here are the results.

http://organisingmylifeonestep.....awers.html

Thanks for the post.

By: Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:30:49 +0000

number one is a definite if you’re on of those post it note people. External clutter leads to an un sound state of mind. Great short article. Loved it.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:46:29 +0000

Great post, and I like how straightforward it is.

Quick question for post-it notes- I use post-its on my monitor to remind myself of systems that I keep forgetting – for example, they recently changed a simple one step data entry recording to requiring that I record the same thing in four different ways. I’d love to unclutter the process, but it’s not my call. So I rely on the post-its to remind me until it sinks in. Is there a better way to do this?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:03:29 +0000

All great comments on a great post. When I was a classroom teacher, I used to set aside these tasks for Friday afternoon when my brain could not handle much more. It also made my Monday start on the right foot.
PS Testing markers and pens is a great job for students serving detention or kids who need a small chore. My 2.5 year old son does this for me – but he is not in detention (=

By: ynaffit

ynaffit — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:32:04 +0000

Awesome! I like these mini challenge-type posts! I’m getting ready to move in 5 months, er, put the house in 2 months, I NEED it!

By: MsDasha

MsDasha — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:08:48 +0000

This is a great post. I would love to see more posts like this, even if they get a bit repetitive.