when you work at home or at work, in kitchen or at a desk, do you require little or a lot of work space?
if it gets really cluttered, do you reorganize soon or wait for the clutter to mount itself off onto the floor?
and then what happens when you need something out of it?
share if you like, how do you get everything back in its place or create new space for it?
sort, throw out, fold, put in a box, a drawer, stack or reshelf?
Dushwari
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when you work at home or at work, in kitchen or at a desk, do you require little or a lot of work space?
if it gets really cluttered, do you reorganize soon or wait for the clutter to mount itself off onto the floor?
and then what happens when you need something out of it? share if you like, how do you get everything back in its place or create new space for it?
sort, throw out, fold, put in a box, a drawer, stack or reshelf?
Dushwari
Having a lot of Space is Good,
but being spaced out with all that space...........not so good............:)
Just being funny!
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i agree.
which is why living simple and with reliable few good belongings is better than an over collection of useless things
best,
Dushwari
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My desk gets cluttered very quickly!
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then please don’t hide that in its drawers.
instead, get organizing shelves and boxes and always sort your mail by date and place it in a rack from which you can access priority bills and impt mail easily.
place only your keys, cell ph, mail and wrist watch on your desk.
perhaps your lap top, and news paper.
underneath the desk, place a box in which you can store extra temporary cluttering objects.
you will be able to work easily on that desk and find the things you place on it, a lot more easily.
hope it helps.
best,
Dushwari
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You are right but I thrive on chaos!
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i dont concentrate on organizing thingswhen i m working , but i do reqiure suitable space. However when i m done with working i pay attention to sorting the mess around me
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I didn't use to care much during childhood but with time I realized that having more working space, organizing one's room and always puting everything where it belongs, not only raises one's motivation of working hard but also the person enjoys his work
The best way is to first separate all the things which you usually don't need (by placing them away from the working zone) and for the ones which you need frequently, consider all possible options for their placement near the working zone.
One need to give attention to it only once, which is worth it, as it not only helps you in saving your energy of work but also you don't get confused when you are looking for any particular thing
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You are so right about useless things, however for me it is so hard to decide what to throw away, because most things have memories attached to them or they might become useful in the future even though they are not needed right away, so my pile of useless things has grown too much…
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then please don’t hide that in its drawers. instead, get organizing shelves and boxes and always sort your mail by date and place it in a rack from which you can access priority bills and impt mail easily. place only your keys, cell ph, mail and wrist watch on your desk. perhaps your lap top, and news paper. hope it helps. best, Dushwari
Dush! And newspaper!!!! It is not allowed in our office. Only in the guest area.. :)
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You are right but I thrive on chaos!
Oh my!! reflections of myself.
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Sindsagar, please know that you are not alone. everyone feels at times, that it is time to get rid of old usable work space things and get new ones. some simply have to be replaced.
but think, if you had the space, would you have boxes upon boxes of what ever it is from paper to furniture which takes space, and you were to hang on to them, without making use of thm, then what is better - giving them to someone else who can use them or properly disposing them off.
things accumulate fast.
one thing that works in case of clothes and shoes, bags, books and cds, is that buy few and use a long while then give off to others.
buy only what you need and perhaps in a quantity which you can consume within a short while.
left overs or extra always is a bother to store and keep in good condition.
things get spoiled, and it is good to use fresh and new things instead - from food to personal care items like hand lotion.
good work spaces are also functional in their designs. so if you absoluetly need to keep something for future reference, then organizing that in to dated old to new stack may work.
it is just that anything stored and not frequently used, consumes space. and cannot really be made to look like a decor fixture.
either a huge storage space is needed for it and the skill to pack up all such odd ends, neatly.
or they lay scattered about eerywhere, to a point that your essential everything things get lost and then you feel doubly troubled.
though, it is totally understandable what you said but sorting and organizing and replacing old with new is the more easy an less headache causing way to adopt, in the interest of a neat and well organized work space.
best,
Dushwari
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Sindsagar, please know that you are not alone. everyone feels at times, that it is time to get rid of old usable work space things and get new ones. some simply have to be replaced. but think, if you had the space, would you have boxes upon boxes of what ever it is from paper to furniture which takes space, and you were to hang on to them, without making use of thm, then what is better - giving them to someone else who can use them or properly disposing them off. things accumulate fast. one thing that works in case of clothes and shoes, bags, books and cds, is that buy few and use a long while then give off to others. buy only what you need and perhaps in a quantity which you can consume within a short while. left overs or extra always is a bother to store and keep in good condition. things get spoiled, and it is good to use fresh and new things instead - from food to personal care items like hand lotion. good work spaces are also functional in their designs. so if you absoluetly need to keep something for future reference, then organizing that in to dated old to new stack may work. it is just that anything stored and not frequently used, consumes space. and cannot really be made to look like a decor fixture. either a huge storage space is needed for it and the skill to pack up all such odd ends, neatly. or they lay scattered about eerywhere, to a point that your essential everything things get lost and then you feel doubly troubled. though, it is totally understandable what you said but sorting and organizing and replacing old with new is the more easy an less headache causing way to adopt, in the interest of a neat and well organized work space. best,
Dushwari
**Good advice, Thanks! **
you seem more organized about this matter!