You may suffers from ‘PILE CRISIS SYNDROME ©.’ It’s not pretty or necessary. Here are a few things you can do TODAY to stop this insanity:
Use a letter opener
Invest in a shredder
Spend a few minutes each day OPENING AND LOOKING at your mail
THROW OUT envelopes unless they contain time sensitive and/or legal documents (don’t stuff […]
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Posted in Organizing Tips, Productivity on Aug 3rd, 2009 Comments Off
1. Step 1
Use the Windows-created “My Documents” folder as the “root,” or base level, folder for your documents.
2. Step 2
Create folders within the My Documents folder for the various categories of documents you work on, for example: Clients, Family, Photographs, and so on.
3. Step 3
Create sub-folders within the category folders, going as many levels deep as you need. […]
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Managing Mail
Posted in Organizing Tips, Productivity on Jul 13th, 2009 Comments Off
Many of my newer clients have what I like to call ‘pile crisis syndrome©’ - It’s not pretty or necessary. Here are a few things you can do TODAY to stop this insanity:
Use a letter opener
Invest in a shredder
Spend a few minutes each day OPENING AND LOOKING at your mail
THROW OUT envelopes unless they contain […]
Read Full Post »