The home office is your space. It’s not family space, significant other space, “our” space, etc. It’s one place that is completely yours…and it’s usually a mess. Home offices are supposed to be a place of creativity and management, but instead they become magnets for trash, papers and everything else.
It doesn’t matter if your home office is its own room or a desk cordoned off to the corner of the bedroom. You can take care of your space.
File Away School Papers
I’m pretty sure schools could end deforestation by going paperless. Children bring home tons of papers each and every day that parents have to go through and where do they usually end up? They’re stacked up on top of your home office like kindling until the mound gets so high it falls. Instead of just putting them on your desk, file them into a filing cabinet or even throw some away. We all love that little Jimmy got a B+ on his math homework, but they’ll be plenty more assignments in 12 years of schooling.
Keep Up With The Trash
When you sit down to pay the bills or write the next great American story, you might take a drink with you. You know, the 64-ounce Big Gulp and maybe some chips too…you have to eat. A week goes by and there are three Big Gulp glasses and a Power Ranger’s Morpher, darn kids, on top of a pile of potato chip crumbs. Try to make it a point to clean your office at least once a week if not every day or two. This is especially true for offices that are an entire room.
Shelves Are Your Friends
Home offices have a lot of stuff. You have books, office supplies and everything else from porcelain unicorns to aromatherapy oils. You can’t keep everything on your desk. Actually, your desk should be mostly clear, so you can use the computer, write down ideas, etc. It’s not very productive if you’re constantly rearranging your Funko Pop collection so you have room for your laptop. Shelves are the perfect way to display your collections. You can look around admiring them and gaining inspiration. Cubbies are also a perfect way to keep office supplies out of eyeshot.
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