This Friday I am featuring some wonderful organizing tips and suggestions from a fellow blogger and work at home mom. Enjoy!

One thing I did this year that I love is I got banker's boxes, numbered them
on the outside, and then put just about EVERYTHING that I don't use every
single day into them. Then I took a recipe card box and index cards, and an
ABC divider set, and wrote on the cards what was in the boxes, each thing
going on it's own card. Then I was able to put the boxes in the closet or
around the edge and when I need something I just look in the file box to see
which box it is in. I am also organizing the kids' room this way.

My next best tip is to get a good "paper sorter" to put papers you use
regularly. This works out much better for me than filing things since the
papers lay flat and I can easily see when I am running low on something. I
labeled each "cubby hole".

One more thing I do is I have 3 stacking open bins to the right of me, one
says "Inbox - look and take action," one says "To file" and one says
"Assistants - stuff to prep" which are things I can delegate (the kids are
my assistants LOL!). This way I can to an initial sort right from my seat.

I think it is important to start and end your day with a clear desk -
everything should have a place other than your computer, your planner and
your phone! Those are the only things that need to be out. It is so much
easier to get right to business when your day starts out with a cleaned off
desk!

PS: I am no expert at this, my office is a mish mash of hand me down
furniture and too-full bookshelves, I share it with my husband the packrat,
and the kids' computer. So I just do whatever I can to not go nuts in here!
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