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3 Reasons NOT To Get Organized

Home Office Organization

This guest post is by Jennifer Hofmann from InspiredHomeOffice.com.
Okay. So you’ve got a business and a busy life, too.  Why on earth would you want to get organized? I’m here to say: Don’t.
Reason 1: It’s expensive. You might be tempted to get organized by taking a trip to your local Big Office Box. All those [...]

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What’s Your Best Home Office Organizing Tip?

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Tip #31: What’s Your Tip?
It’s been a great 31 days!  I hope you have enjoyed this series.  Now, I turn the mic (or uh, keyboard) over to you!
What’s your favorite home office productivity or organizing tip?
Do you work in a mobile office?  How do you do it?
Do you work only part-time from home?  What’s your [...]

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Organized = Finding What You Need In 5 Minutes or Less

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Tip #30: Organized = Finding What You Need In 5 Minutes or Less
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

What is “organized” anyway?  It simply means you can find most anything you need in 5 minutes or less.  What that looks like for each person, family or business is different.  Some like clear [...]

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Organize CDs in Binders

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Tip #21: Put CDs in binders
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

Have you ever needed to use your software CD and spent half your afternoon tearing your office apart trying to find it?  Make life easier on yourself and put your CDs in binders.
A CD Binder is easy to set up.  All [...]

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Using Hooks: Keep Things Handy

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Tip #19: Use hooks to find what you need
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

If your desk space is at a premium, hooks may be a good way to keep things handy.  Hooks are well suited for headphones, small bags and even  clipboards like this one:

Another idea is lining up a group [...]

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Think Outside The Box

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Tip #14: Think Outside The Box
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

When you think about “organized”, does it always involve boxes?  It doesn’t have to.  I’ve talked about this before, and it bears repeating.
There is so much you already have that can be used to organize or improve your home office.  For [...]

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“Hey Good Lookin’”, or Use Attractive Storage

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Tip #10: Use Attractive Storage on Open Shelving
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

Have open shelving that looks like piles of stuff?  Oh sure, you can find what you need, but do like looking at it?  If you happen to be a visual person, stylish storage can be just as important as [...]

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Group “Like” Items Together

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Tip #6: Like Items Go Together
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

Ever looked for your stapler and found it in the garden shed?  Now, did that make sense?  I’m thinking no (and if you disagree, we need to talk, seriously.)  In your home office, there’s probably going to be some similar things [...]

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Put It Where It Belongs

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Tip #5: Have a home for everything, and keep it there
(Part of the 31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)
Ok, ok, it might sound vaguely like something your mother would say, and for good reason.  Think about this: if you didn’t know where you lived, you would wander around aimlessly.  Eventually you would find a [...]

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Grab & Go Tote

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Tip #4: Use a “Grab & Go” Tote
(Part of the
31 Days of Home Office Organizing Tips)

Client appointments, speaking engagements, board & association meetings or even a trip to the beach.  I’ll be you take the same things with you each time you go, right?
Make it easy on yourself.

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