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Old 07-19-2011, 03:15 PM  
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HOW TO create and keep a minimalist and clean workspace

Making this in a new thread branching from the post of my new office workspace.

A messy, cluttered and disorganized workspace can have detrimental affects on your productivity and state-of-mind.

Someone asked this in the other thread:

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Originally Posted by B.Barnato View Post
Question on keeping a clean work environment...

how do you keep it that way for a longer period of time?
The best way to do it is to never let any unimportant items even make it onto your workspace. Look at it as a screening process for "stuff" - is it worth your time, does it "deserve" to be hanging out on your desk?

If you already have a bunch of unorganized clutter. get rid of small amounts at a time, in between breaks. Don't need to clear it all off at once. If something isn't important (junk mail, etc) - throw it away! You don't need it. And it's taking up your valuable time.

Additionally, go all digital. Tell your electric company, phone company, etc to all stop sending you paper bills. This is an age where it's just not necessary. You can get it emailed. Be careful though, email boxes can get cluttered too...


Check out Zen habits, this guy has some great stuff. Also read his book "Focus" -
http://zenhabits.net/archives/
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