So today I decided that I should use this slow time to straighten up my office. Turns out that the same person in charge of my bedroom organization is also responsible for my office! Bummer!! I had tons of little scrap papers with bizarre shorthand notes on them that could have been discarded long ago but I faithfully kept them "just in case." A disorderly pile of receipts has been taunting me from the back left hand corner of my desktop just daring me to file them appropriately. Hah! Got 'em! I was finally able to part with my loyal and trusty desktop calendar from 2008. We shared a lot of private notes and numbers over the last year so I'm really going to miss that partner. Laying before me now I have a pristine 2009 desktop. This one seems a little uppity and stand-offish. It appears to be daring me to doodle! So far nothing but neat and tidy professional looking info is on it but that can't last too long with me. Whew! A full day now I'm off to route for my favorite teams---Go Cards! Go Colts! Good luck to you all with the office organizing that these slow times demand. Happy New Year!
Stephanie do you mind taking care of the desk next to you to? OK I'm challenging you to a friendly competition as to who can make the most mess. I hear you next door shuffling through same papers over and over. I recognize that sound. Your comment about"I faithfully kept them "just in case."was hysterical. I wish it didn't resonated so strong.
Thanks for you post. You're a great writer.Ask me more about it at the office. Could you do some ghost bogging for me?
See you at the office. ;)
Ok Stephanie, I thought for sure you were in the wrong office and were actually looking at my desk! The pile is higher there than the snow that's piling up outside! P L E A S E don't look under the desk! My desktop calendar had so many papers on top I couldn't get down underneath them all to even write on it, let alone flip to the next month. It still says January 2008. (just kidding)
Another year.....yes, let's get ORGANIZED!
Haha! I love this post. I am so overwhelmed with my office! I did conquer the bedroom for the most part but haven't made it to the office yet. Those shoe boxes of receipts are really taunting me!
Hi Stephanie - I love the title here! Still haven't found my desk...been really busy-busy!
Hi Stephanie, Haven't you heard that old saying " A clean desk is the sign of an unstable mind! " Well I never wanted anyone to think that of me so I'm making sure my desk stays as cluttered as always :) Just Kidding!!!!!!
Stephanie, good for you. I still need to find my desk....I would have liked to have seen the before and after. ;-)
Cleaning my desk is on my to-do list. But dang it! Clients keep "interrupting" me with their phone calls and request to see properties ;D
Hey Pacita, keep your desk cluttered if it keeps the phone ringing!
Teri, I should have taken photos! My desk actually made my broker grimace when she would come in my office. It was so messy looking that I would just meet with clients in the conference room because it was way, way, way easier than straightening up!
Stephanie, I won't let my desk get that bad....I get much more business when it's clean (it's true, it works! :) I would love you to join the group Feng Shui for Real Estate if you're interested!
Stephanie, that'sfunny I just went into my office to see what you were doing in there.....I was wishing you had cleaned it...no such luck.......are you my sister? cuz it sure sounds like we are alike.......peace zane
Stephanie - I have to continually work on the organization of the collection of notes and papers so they don't get away from me. Thank goodness, much communication is now via e-mail and can be stored electronically, cutting the volume of these notes. It always feels great when I leave a cleared desk.
In one of my first jobs in the business world, I was told to tidy up my desk at the end of the day. I do it in the office, but not my home office. My desk (and house) are generally a reflection on my life. When I have a lot on my mind, and am really busy at work, there is stuff all over. But I fucntion much better with order in my world!
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