Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

File away completed projects, and do an assessment of what you really need to keep. Determine if you can digitize any of your printed documents. Think ergonomics – you should have a desk chair that is adjustable and provides proper back support. Clear all the clutter around your desk. Put work in progress neatly in one location.

Stress 100

Stress Keyboards Ergonomics Suppliers 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. File it, if necessary. Eighty percent of filed papers are never looked at again. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo. Act on it immediately.

Management 100

Management Filing Ergonomics Health 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Schedule filing time at least once per week. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive. anything you need reminded of on some future date goes into your tickler file. Add dated or calendar items to a tickler file system or a diary as soon as they arrive.

2007 100

2007 Filing 2009 AT&T 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Not only did she remember the name of the antibiotic from four years previous, within 45 seconds she had pulled a copy of the prescription from her files. My mother has gotten things done by using heavily annotated paper calendars.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Health Medical 2006 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

Better for you ergonomically as well. I have gotten in the habit of doing this frequently during the day and hardly even think about it until the system shuts down for some reason and then I breathe a sigh of relief when I open the document (by pressing Ctrl + o by the way) and find that I have not lost any of my work.

Keyboards 100

Keyboards Time Zones IAAP PowerPoint 100