Archive for the Clutter Category

Clutter and Productivity: Decluttering Email

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 1 June 2007. This one is tough to do. It is so easy to file things in email and completely forget about them until your mailbox gets so large that [...]

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Clutter and Productivity: Your Computer Desktop

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive!This article was originally published on 31 May 2007. What is on your computer desktop? Do you use everything on a daily basis? If not, you might want to consider moving some of the items. Some people [...]

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Clutter and Productivity: Purging Reference Files

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 30 May 2007. This task of decluttering may take a while if you haven’t done it before, or perhaps not so recently. I recommend you do it in five minute [...]

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Clutter and Productivity: Your Desktop

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 29 May 2007. In this series, we are looking at small steps to reduce physical clutter to increase productivity. Today we are going to look at the desk space (or [...]

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Clutter and Productivity: Introduction

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive!This article was originally published on 28 May 2007. I am believe that clutter often stands in the way of productivity. Physical clutter gets in our way and also weighs us down mentally when we see it, [...]

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Decluttering Inspired By The Internet

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. Since mid-January I have been participating in an online group whose focus is to get rid of the clutter in certain areas in our homes. While I do not consider myself a clutterbug, reading 100 Things really had me looking at all the [...]

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Why I Own So Many Pens. And Why I Keep Buying.

Posted on October 14, 2010 by

If you were to look at any of my desks, you would see pens. Lots and lots of pens. Most people would draw the conclusion that I like pens and that is why I have so many. The truth is I have so many pens because I hate them. {insert [...]

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Cutting Down On Kid’s Clothing

Posted on September 9, 2010 by

Too Much I swear there is a clothing factory located in my daughter’s room. We start the season out with adequate clothing, and before I know it, the drawers are overflowing. We get hand-me-downs from an older cousin, and the grandmothers also send clothing. Between those sources, and the new [...]

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