| You have decided to work from home and you find it | | | | 5. Wheel furniture |
| is easy as you save commuting time and you are | | | | Since it is your home office and you want to keep it |
| your own boss. But at the same time you find that | | | | neat, tidy and more spacious you should go for wheel |
| your home office desk and the space has become an | | | | furniture. Like an office chair with wheels, or a trolley |
| utter mess where you have to really dig in to find | | | | with wheels to keep your files or papers. Wheel |
| either simple stationery or your cell phone. So how do | | | | furniture is easy to manage if you have a limited |
| you get rid of the clutter and maintain a clean space | | | | space or if you want to carry it to another room. |
| for your home office. Well here are few tips that will | | | | 6. Avoid foldable tables/ desks |
| not only help you to clean the space but also will help | | | | No matter how tempted you feel to have foldable |
| you in keeping the place clean everyday day after | | | | cupboards, tables, or study tables avoid them like a |
| day. | | | | plague. Simply because of their ease to fold them they |
| 1. Organise | | | | end up being the most disorganised part of the home |
| Just because you are your own boss and there are | | | | office. Hence go for normal sturdy office tables or |
| no colleagues to comment on your organisational skills, | | | | study tables that can be used as an office desk. |
| does not mean that you can be disorganised about | | | | 7. Keep a backup |
| your mail, papers, and other things. First step towards | | | | Try to keep a backup of all the important files stored in |
| clearing the clutter from your home office to being | | | | a CD, or scan all the important papers and keep them |
| organise, organise what you need, you don't need, | | | | on your mail or on your website where they are easily |
| might need in the future, use everyday hence forth. | | | | available when you need them. |
| 2. Sort out everything | | | | 8. Recycle the unused stuff |
| After you have organised everything now is the time | | | | Have you got loads of spare stationery? Don't throw it. |
| to sort from those organised things. Yes the key is to | | | | Instead give away the spare stationery to the schools |
| sort out till you feel that there is nothing left to sort out | | | | or institutions that for the lack of funds are not able to |
| and everything is important to you in terms of your | | | | buy the basic stationery. They will appreciate your |
| business. However it does not mean that you will keep | | | | donation and the stationery will be used by some |
| everything. If there is a paper cutting that you have not | | | | needy person. |
| viewed in long time chances are it will never be | | | | 9. Judicious use of space |
| viewed again so throw it out. Also keep only that | | | | Even if you have lots of space to keep everything it is |
| information which you feel is not easily available on the | | | | advisable to keep sorting everything once in a month |
| Internet. Anything that can be found on Internet should | | | | to sort out things that you don't need and to make a |
| be thrown out as waste. | | | | judicious use of space to give a neater look to your |
| 3. Group similar items | | | | home office. So if you have overhead cupboards use |
| After you have sorted out now is the time to group | | | | them to keep the files, or papers that you don't need |
| the similar items together. Your unpaid bills, official | | | | at a regular basis as compared to the ones that you |
| documents, electricity bills, and any other documents | | | | will need on a daily basis. |
| should be grouped differently. Group the smallest items | | | | 10. Ten minutes rule |
| together so that next time when you need a board pin | | | | Once your home office is in order ensure that you |
| or a pen or a paper clip you don't have to dig it in your | | | | spend just ten minutes everyday before you finish |
| drawer. | | | | working and clear up the desk, shred all the unwanted |
| 4. Use colour coded files | | | | paper and keep everything back into their proper |
| Once the all the important papers have been sorted | | | | place. This practice will save your time next day and |
| and grouped you can store them in different colour | | | | with a clean desk in the morning you will be able to |
| coded files so that they are easy to retrieve when | | | | achieve more. |
| you need them in future. You get different colour file | | | | Follow these simple steps to keep your home office |
| folders as well to stack your important papers and | | | | clutter free. |
| documents. | | | | |