Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Office Space
Whether your home office is located in a spare room, corner
of the living room or the dining room table, there are some ways to help
improve the functionality of any working environment. Work from home
professionals are challenged with keeping their personal space separate from
their working space and this can sometimes be a challenge that is not easily
overcome. By streamlining the way your work space flows, it can make it much
easier to become not only more organized by also more efficient.
Take an Analytical Look at Your Workspace
To begin streamlining your workspace, evaluate the area
itself. Take a good look at what office space, equipment and resources you use
on a day to day basis – this should include any table top or desk space and
filing areas as well as pieces of office equipment such as computers, printers,
and copiers. Are all of these items used every day? Are they crucial to
accomplishing goals? By truly evaluating what space and equipment is being
used, it is easier to see what needs to stay and what can go to free up more
space. Having an organized working environment can help you relax and get more
work done overall.
Going Digital Can Help Reduce Paper Clutter
Invoices, letters, and email printouts – all of these papers
can add up to one huge mess, especially in a small working space. Consider
cutting down on the paper and becoming a digital office. Converting archived
paper documents to digital format will not happen overnight but it is worth the
time and effort to free up much needed desk space. Bulky filing cabinets are a
thing of the past – with the amount of hard drive and even external storage space
available in today’s technology driven business marketplace, it is possible to
keep all of your archived information in a single location that is no bigger
than a mouse pad.
Organization is Key
There is nothing worse than having a client wait while you
try and locate a document to share with them, but the hustle and bustle of
modern business makes it completely understandable to not want to waste time
organizing paperwork and digital documents. The reality is that business
professionals waste more time looking for things that it takes to organize
their work space. Take the time to create file folders, inboxes, and outboxes
for specific documents and create organization folders within your email box –
the time saved when looking for important information will be worth the time
taken to organize it.
As many professionals have been told over the years, “work
smart, not hard.” A great way to live up to this saying is streamlining your
workspace, something that is especially important for work from home
professionals. Drawing the line between working and
personal space is truly the first step in becoming more efficient, but
following these guidelines for organization can take your productivity to a new
level. Professionals working from a home office will be amazed at what a little
organization can do!
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