In fact, a US-based staffing firm, Adecco, conducted a survey and discovered that more than 57% of those surveyed admitted that they had judged a colleague based on how cluttered their workspace was. Not only will a cluttered workspace make you appear unfavorable to your superiors and your colleagues, it will also reduce your productivity and your ability to concentrate.
The ideal way to finish off your working week is to take some time each Friday afternoon: sort through all the paperwork on your desk and get rid of stuff no longer required. You'll be so happy you did this when Monday morning comes and you arrive to a nice, tidy desk.
Here are some simple tricks to declutter your workspace.
Go All In
When you’re going to declutter an area, you need to commit to the project fully. Don’t just poke through messy drawers and remove old bits of paper: to be effective you must commit to the process and take everything out of the drawer. Empty out the entire contents of that draw and go through each item one by one. The trick is to not think emotionally about any of the items, which may sound strange, but it's surprising how many feelings and memories surface when you're handling items that you've kept for a long time.
There are three possible options for each item. If you have an item that's used regularly (and you've used it within the last week), put it straight back into the drawer. Have a separate pile for items that belong to someone else or should actually live in another place (an example is a mug that needs to be returned to the kitchen). Don't get up to return the items in this pile until you've worked your way through each and every item in the drawer. The third option is for rubbish – have a rubbish bag or bin nearby to make the process as easy as possible.
Now that you've sorted out the entire draw, tidy up the things that will be staying in the draw. Now your drawer will be more spacious, tidy, and organized. Next, take all the items from your second pile and return them to their correct home or rightful owners. Click here to find more about contract cleaning company.
Bit by Bit
Don't attempt to declutter your entire work area in one go. Mentally divide up your work area and tackle just one area at a time - a tray of your filing cabinet, a drawer, a shelf, a stack of papers. Once you’ve chosen a section, commit to it fully by emptying out its contents and only putting back what you need.
When you work through your work-area section by section, you'll end up with a beautifully organized and decluttered work station before you know it. Then you can sit back and watch as your productivity skyrockets and your professional reputation improves.