Clutter Chaos - Part 2

Last week began my massive project of decluttering my office/studio space. How is it progressing?

This week I have spent any free moment I could find (which are few on some days) shredding and shredding and shredding old documents and paperwork. Our large recycle bin is close to overflowing but will get emptied on Tuesday, our recycle day, just in time for me to start all over again.

It always amazes me how much paper stuff can accumulate in one house.

Next weeks job will be to finish off with shredding and then organizing all the remaining important stuff into proper files. I did buy myself a new 2 drawer filing cabinet some months ago that tucks neatly under my work table, but to be quite honest, once it arrived home and found it's spot, I kind of forgot it was there and never bothered to organize and fill it up.

Part of next week's project will be to make up nice new files for all our personal bills that I save, all housed in their pretty hanging folders and filed away alphabetically of course. I only like to keep 6 months worth of personal stuff like utility bills, etc., so I must get in the habit of purging and shredding stuff from these files regularly so that the clutter doesn't get the better of me again.

The second drawer will be for all business related stuff in their tidy files too, so that I can find things easily come tax time (but not till it's updated in my computer program). And of course for all that wonderful information that is found on the internet to help us run our business better (tagging,promoting,renewing,relisting,photographing,SEO and all that good stuff) - well you know, I'm sure you have some of that stuff too. I'm still a fan of printing this good info out so that I can read it with my morning coffee or whenever the mood strikes me.

The computer table has been relocated to our bedroom for the time being. This was done to give me more space to move around in my tiny office and shuffle things around as I plow on with the cleaning process. I have to admit, it does feel good to let stuff go. I had to seriously analyze some things - do I REALLY need that, can I LIVE without it? So looking forward to the finished outcome.

Stay tuned for Part 3

Here's a necklace I did this week - great gift for that someone special