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How to Organize Your Office & Life For Peak Productivity

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This means if we are constantly inundated with messes, lost files and forgotten tasks, it can take a toll on our mental state and bring on unnecessary stress. Things like trash or files from years ago will be easy to toss or place. Go through and delete old files, unneeded documents and unused applications.

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Calendar Clarity

Laughing all the Way to Work

To add an attachment, click on the Insert tab and choose Attach File or Attach Item. My current boss travels a lot so I put his travel schedule in the calendar as well. If a meeting is from 9 to 5 for instance, I block that whole time in their calendar. You can add the agenda to the meeting request by attaching it.

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The problem is it is now filed in the back burner of my mind. I document everything and that is how I keep track. I put items in my calendar as a reminder, but the problem with calendar reminders is unless you know which day you put it on or what you named it, you can't easily find it. So I document that as well.

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Where is everybody? Setting up an office vacation calendar

Laughing all the Way to Work

Keeping an up-to-date vacation calendar is important so these overlaps are anticipated and in some cases vacations have to be re-scheduled. Setting up a calendar in Word is probably the easiest way to do it and everyone can see at a glance who is going to be away. Double-click Calendar Wizard. Follow the steps in the Wizard.

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The Admin’s Guide to Organizing Digital Files

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The Admin’s Guide to Organizing Digital Files By Julie Perrine. Just like papers on your desk can pile up, the same thing can happen with digital files. If you don’t have a filing system to put things where they belong when you save them, the virtual mess can accumulate quite quickly. Setup Your Digital Filing Cabinet.

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Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - How to Use Both For Optimal.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Downsize and Organize Your Digital Clutter

Office Dynamics

If you’ve ever spent a morning trying to track down a lost file on your hard drive or searching through a decade of email, you know that digital disorder can also take a toll on your wellbeing. Does your documents folder or email inbox resemble a junk drawer with everything tossed in together? Get organized. Make Folders. Duplicates.

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