An Organized Desk

Help! I've Lost My Desk! -- Your desk is lost! It has mysteriously been confiscated by articles, magazines, memos, letters, pink phone message slips, yellow Post-it notes, pads of paper, file folders and a multitude of papers in all shapes, colors and sizes.

Turning Chaos Into Calm: Creating Your Productive Environment -- It’s your first moment back at your desk after the annual meeting. The telephone is already ringing, 314 email messages lurk in your inbox, the staff meeting starts in 20 minutes, and your coffee just spattered on something marked “Urgent.”

Ten Tips for Cleaning Off Your Desk and Keeping it Clean! -- On July 15, 1993 Walter S. Mossberg, the author and creator of the weekly "Personal Technology" column in The Wall Street Journal, was quoted as saying: “The promise of the ‘paperless office,’ [and home] where documents are entirely created, distributed, read and stored on computers, has been about as reliable as the promise of a check in the mail.”

Conquer Desktop Clutter with Action Files -- Action files enable you to unclutter your desk yet still keep reminders and current papers close at hand. Also known as working files, these files are usually separate from -- and in addition to – client, project, or reference files. Action files are for current or pending activities and miscellaneous things you must act on.

Desktop Clutterbusters -- An informal survey was recently conducted among work-at-home parents,  and the results were startling - desktops were covered with a mountain of paperwork, all right, but not the productive type.

Boost Your Productivity: Desktop Management Strategies --  Many of us spend long hours at our desk. To assist make the most of every day we need to focus on creating an environment condusive to work. By establishing a good desk environment you are guaranteed to improve your efficiency and achieve more in your day.