Business and life are chaotic enough without clutter and disorder in your office. Turn your office into an efficient command center so that your office does not distract from your work and enables you to get things back in order quickly.
Keep only the supplies that you need often at hand. Too many supplies at your desk will create clutter.
Store the rest of the bulk supplies in another place. Keeping unused supplies together will also help when you are trying to decide if you have what you need on hand or if it is time to run to the store.
Place supplies near the equipment that uses them. Nothing is more frustrating than having to run to another room or across the office every time you need a new printer cartridge or paper. Extra filing supplies keep well in the filing cabinet that you intend to use them in.
Keep often used files with in arms reach. For most people, only a fraction of the files that they have need to be accessed often. A desk with a hanging file drawer or two usually will do the trick. Less used files can live in another filing cabinet elsewhere in the room. Keep monthly files and others close to promote filing instead of piling.
If you print very often, consider placing the printer next to the desk within arms reach. It will be easier to check work as it prints instead of running across the office each time you print a page. If you are like me and you have multiple printers, consider placing them on shelving spaced so that you have full access to each one without using up extra desk space.
Continually reassess your command center. Is it working the way that you want it to work? If it is not, tweak it! Remember to de-clutter often and remove or store elsewhere anything that isn't being used often.
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