Goal for the Day: Sort Your Papers

Many of us have desks that are filled-to-bursting with papers. We may have receipts that we’ve kept for years, written reminders that are now meaningless, take-out menus, catalogs we never go to look through—the list is endless.

A little bit at a time—a few pages each day—go through your desk and get rid of the papers you don’t need. If the pages have any personal or sensitive information on them, be sure to shred them or tear them up. If you can get rid of a few things every day that you are certain you won’t need, within a week, you’ll see that your work space looks and feels a lot better.