Tuesday, May 26, 2009

KG Tips #5 Neat and Tidy

There are many benefits to having a neat and tidy workspace or room or house. Everything looks nicer, you feel less stressed and you get to find your things fast cause you know exactly where to look.

There are basically 3 steps to clean up your environment...

1) Throw things away
Firstly throw away everything that you don't need. This may include old textbooks, clothes you don't wear anymore (you can recycle if you want), old receipts, etc. Keep your rubbish empty as far as possible.

2) Organise your stuff
Secondly, organise your stuff, basically group common things together and put it in a single location. Eg. stationary in a stationary drawer, photos in a shoebox, books on the shelf, bags hanging behind the door, clothes all hanging in the wardrobe, etc.

3) Clean everything
Thirdly, take out some soapy water to clean your items. CDs collect dust quickly and need regular cleaning. Clean your table tops, cupboard tops, areas behind bookshelfs. No point being neat if it isn't clean as well.

4) Maintain
Keep putting your things according to where they should be. From time to time, take some soapy to clean your items. No point having a neat environment for a day. Make it last.

Hope this helps!

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