I have spent today de-cluttering at home. Physically that has involved sorting through lots of our personal filing and other junk that for some reason we have kept. Who knows why cos most of it is now in shredded piles or just in the recycling.
I have also done some much needed sorting of some work files, which I brought home with me yesterday in an attempt to keep focused on just that task. I find if I start on a de-cluttering or filing job at the office, some bits of what I am tidying set me off on another task and I never get the original task finished. Anyone else like that?
So anyway, I got all the piles shredded, tossed out or filed and also got my email inbox down from 60 emails needing attention to just 20 which aren't urgent and will just stay in the inbox for reference for a while or until something is resolved. Until I get the next influx, but hey...
Pretty pleased with myself, but it's no where near as tidy as this office in the picture
...which I'm glad I didn't read about before I started on this task today otherwise I might have given up before I got going! 

But once again, the issue of minimalism and decluttering rears in my mind and it is so clear to me how frustrated I get when my work and head space is not in order...once I had done the filing, sorted the piles of stuff and prioritised what was left, I whizzed through my inbox at record speed cos I knew where certain bits of info where and I didn't need to waste time on the searching.
My plan from today:
Set aside days for sorting, filing and decluttering on a regular basis, not just when it seeps out the front door.
Get much more of my work material in an online format - only print where necessary.
Acknowledge to others that I work better this way - and be accountable.

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