You spend a good chunk of your life in this space \u2014 you deserve to have it neat, clean and functional. Spring is the time-honored season to spruce up and pare down, so what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n
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Environmental.<\/strong>\u00a0Your desk, keyboard, phone and other surfaces are probably a tad grimy and\/or germy by now. Clean them with anti-bacterial microfiber cloths, cotton swabs, compressed air can and other tools of your choice. Don’t forget the computer air vents, which suck dust inside the electronics and cause a lot of damage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Material.<\/strong>\u00a0We bet there’s a pretty hefty load of stuff lurking in your work area that you would never miss if it was gone.<\/p>\n Weed out the filing cabinet<\/p>\n Use that new-found filing space to clear your desk of everything not being used for current projects<\/p>\n Scan hand-written notes and store them in the PC or cloud<\/p>\n Remove outdated notices from the bulletin board<\/p>\n Clear your drawers of excess pens, paper clips, etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Digital.<\/strong>\u00a0Physical clutter kills your ability to get work done fast, and digital clutter does the same to your computer. Some areas to check for profitable de-cluttering:<\/p>\n Icons on your PC desktop<\/p>\n Old emails, both sent and received (at least, delete the attachments which you’ve probably already copied to somewhere else)<\/p>\n Old files (delete, compress, or archive them externally)<\/p>\n Inactive files in the cloud or on the server (if you’re the admin)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now look around your newly optimized workspace and congratulate yourself! Working here will be so much easier, you’ll wonder why you put up with the mess for so long.<\/p>\n Let’s work together.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You spend a good chunk of your life in this space \u2014 you deserve to have it neat, clean and functional. Spring is the time-honored season to spruce up and pare down, so what are you waiting for? Environmental.\u00a0Your desk, keyboard, phone and other surfaces are probably a tad grimy and\/or germy by now….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-10792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-work-life","tag-workplace-safety"],"yoast_head":"\nWelcome to the right place to find your next big job opportunity.<\/h3>\n