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It’s funny how as I staging people’s homes for a living and constantly nagging them to de-clutter and get organized, I am shockingly disorganized and all my papers are basically tucked in various corners of my house and stacked skyhigh on my desk. Well, not anymore. I have actually taken some steps to reclaim my office space and reclaim my sanity (also, make it easier for myself next year when tax time comes!)Well, as I have always advised my clients to remember to breathe & take baby steps, I am following my own advices. There are some crucial steps to tackle this:

 

1. Announce your cleaning goal to the world (this may help you to motivate yourself to clean so you don’t feel shameful at family gatherings…)
2. Breathe
3. Take baby steps… cleaning one little bit at one time. Do it in small increment, like 15-30 minutes.
4. When hitting a wall (or close to hitting your own head on the wall), remember to BREATHE
5. Repeat this every ____ (set your own schedule and stick with it. I would also recommend to get a buddy who will actually hold you accountable for best result!)
6. Remember to step back and admire results every once awhile. And treat yourself for that extra *** (donut, boaboa ice tea, fill in your own temptation)

And ah-ha! Also arm yourself with effective tools. I have 3 basic things that I use now constantly:

1. A label maker (I use the brother’s one, but am going to switch to dyno soon because it has more variety, MUCH easier to buy replacement tape, less flimsy)
2. Organization boxes (I love IKEA’s Kassett series of boxes with lids in various different sizes, especially for projects and receipts that are still need to be filed for expense reports. No more worrying about receipts falling out of my folders!)
3. My NeatReceipts scanner: this thing is absolutely a godsend. It scans, anaylzes and organizes my receipts. Takes seconds to scan and the report is compatible with tax softwares. Not to mention it not only just scans receipts, it can scan business cards, documents, basically anything scannable. *It’s really magical.*

You can get one too at www.neatreceipts.com

I look forward to share pictures of my newly organized office soon! (Well, by “soon,” I mean 3 months… or more…) Feel free to share your home organization goals here. it really pays to be more organized! it will just save you so much time and money for being on top of your paperwork. So messy paper people everywhere, let’s unite and reclaim our sanity!

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