Office clutter is one of the biggest productivity killers there is, it doesn’t matter if it’s your back bedroom turned into an office or the office in a large story building, you will not work efficiently if you put up with office clutter.

You need to do more than clear a few papers aside on your desk  to reduce your office clutter. Office clutter is also detrimental to your business in other way’s. What are your clients going to think when they see all that clutter in your office? Book shelves over flowing with extra stacks on the floor. Papers strewn all over your desktop amidst pencils and pens. You could be the best in your business but if you portray a disorganized mayhem of office clutter your clients will think twice about hiring you.

Your desktop should be your workspace not a a dumping ground for office clutter, get organized and stay organized.

Depending on what you use your office for will depend on what type of furniture you need in your office to avoid office clutter. A good desk is essential, if you constantly refer to books or binders you may prefer a desk with a hutch to store your everyday books under.
This way keeping them off your desk but still within easy reach.

Most every office these day’s has a computer so an L-shaped office desk will give you a place for your monitor while giving you a decent sized work space. There are many desk accessories available to help stop office clutter. These include trays, baskets, all of which usually come with stackable options. keep a desktop organizer free for all your pens and other small office supplies.

A magazine rack is only useful when you actually remember to put your magazines in it rather than scattered around to read later. when you open mail don’t discard it to one side to be taken care of later. Either answer it straight away or file it in your to-do box making sure not to just add it to the office clutter.

Much of the office clutter is made up of paper that could very well be taken care of by simply scanning and saving  to your hard drive then shredding it. Once you start putting paper to one side to be dealt with later you have just made a big contribution to your office clutter.
To stay ontop of office clutter you really need to learn to make decisions faster. The quicker you can decide on how to deal with that memo or letter you just read the quicker you can remove it permanently and avoid adding it to your office clutter. A backlog of work soon becomes office clutter, stay ontop of your work load and you will stop cluttering up your office.

Clearing your office clutter is not something you will accomplish straight away, it’s an ongoing thing in the life of any office. Staying organized once you have cleared away your initial clutter is certainly advisable.

If you find you can’t clear your office clutter by yourself then it’s time to bring in a professional to help get you organized in such a way that will make you life easier to manage.