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I'm with you on this one Sharon, with my home office. I've already made some changes, to fit in with my developing business needs, and there's plenty more to do yet.


Reorganise filing cabinets
Start purging old papers from cabinets
Process papers from 'Today' file


*Continue to purge filing cabinet - start with bottom drawer (the most bulky, probably because it was the last drawer to get purged last time, and I probably did a half-hearted job on it).
Process papers from Business inbox
Process papers from Yoga inbox
*Process papers from Household inbox
Process papers from Personal inbox
*Check out what is in those folders on shelf above desk and decide what to do with them

That's plenty for now!

Been doing things in a not-very-logical order today. Mostly trying to sort out finances for moving, and I've been passed from one person to the next on the the phone, until I ended up, several hours later, back where I started!

I desperately need to bookend.

START OF WORK DAY ROUTINE (Like I said - it's not a very logical order - I ~have~ actually been working!)
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Switch on PC
Get water for desk
Desk Rescue
Bookend
Check appointment schedule/meetings and gather necessary items
Check Task List for day is printed and check over
Check Day Planning for today (include time to deal with Task List, Diary/Calendar, and Tickler items)
Put Day Plan/Task List in Copy Holder if not already done
Delete spam and unwanted Emails

Oh fantastic! I've already done all of it, and here I've been thinking 'I've not even done my SoWR yet!'.

What's next on my list? Desk Routine....?

Ahh! I've just realised why I ended up in a funny order - I was doing my Daytime Routine and got up to the Phone Calls bit and got sidetracked all day by trying to get ~them~ done! They do need to be done though, and I've got loads of other stuff done whilst I was waiting for return calls etc.

So let me finish off the Daytime Routine before I start looking at the Desk Routine - one thing at a time or I'm going to get myself overwhelmed!

DAYTIME ROUTINE
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Check transport ready
Check work/gym/yoga bags packed
Has Poggy been out?
Have I had at least 30 mins exercise?
Pog Pooh Patrol & take recycling out
Have I had meal?
Prep meals and breakfast tray for tomorrow
Are dishes done and kitchen cleaned up?
Check water by bed and in kettle upstairs
Prep clothes for tomorrow
Check Calendar and Tickler for tomorrow and print out Task List
Check laundry
Hotspot Patrol
5 min Room/Desk Rescue
Check voicemail
Make phone calls (still got one more - a 'social' one - I tend to procrastinate on those even more than the others!).
15 min break

OK, walk with DDog and take a break - I think I can manage that!

Later: Done the walk. Now taking the break. 6.17 pm.

Later: 6.56 pm That was a long 15 mins! LOL! OK, 'Zone' work. My house is divided into 'Zones' (a la FlyLady) and theoretically I spend 15 mins a day in the Zone of that week. Rarely happens though

House sale hopefully goes through in another 2-3 weeks.

Done some more purging on the filing cabinet - I can now close it again, and I can actually file again! Yay! The desk area looks a lot better as I've been going through the in-boxes and they're no longer overflowing. Also, trying a different system with my daily tasks that are associated with bits of paper - it's working so far, but then today's been the first day and I'm usually quite motivated to make systems work when I first try them. The proof is whether it remains useful over time.

Lots of shredding to do now though

I have those long ToDo lists too, but I'm currently tackling them three things at a time. Some days it's one at a time, lol! I'm getting a lot done

Yes, we're still going for the house we originally wanted

Still working through that bottom drawer - up to 'P' now!