When we have a lot of clutter and papers on our desk, it can be difficult to work effectively. If you spend your days looking at a desk cluttered with all of your tasks, you can easily be intimidated. And what about under your desk? Do you often have to kick wires out of the way while you are working? If this sounds familiar, here are a few easy ways you can minimize clutter and enhance your efficiency.
- Tackle the wires – You can organize your wires a couple easy ways. One is highly affordable, just use binder clips and clip the wires together. Another, more expensive option, is to buy a wireless charging pad, often called a powermat. These devices enable you to charge your wireless mouse, keyboard, and devices just by laying them on it. This way you can get rid of all of the cords you need for either charging devices or connecting them to your computer.
- Reduce desktop clutter – The most effective way to reduce this mess is to rely less on paper. With so much business communication taking place through email, there’s less reason than ever before to clutter your desk with printed memos and messages. Abstain, too, from printing out news stories, time sheets, and other business communication. The more paperwork that you store electronically, the less paperwork you’ll need to spread across your desktop. For those papers that you absolutely must have, store them in binders or file cabinets and store them at the earliest opportunity.
- Throw things away – This may be the most self-evident one but it’s amazing how rapidly sticky notes and other scraps of paper can build up. If you’re done with a note you wrote yourself, or a printout from a meeting, just throw it away. If you’ll need it later, then file it in the appropriate place. The quicker you get these things off your desk, the more productive you will be. Often visual chaos can lead us to feel like we have more complicated tasks ahead of us than may be the case.