Thanks for getting us started HolidayMom. Since Friday I've made huge progress on getting my desk and DH's desk's cleared, cleaned and organized as far as the desk tops go. Everything was buried under lots of construction and sheetrock dust. Now I have clear and clean surfaces to work on. I also cleaned and organized the shelves above my desk so that I would have room for my binder filing system once it's all put together.
***I did realize that our desks aren't big enough for such a large project so right now I'm clearing and cleaning my large dining room table so that I can work on all of these binders on one solid surface.
Today I'm going throughout the whole house gathering, sorting, purging, organizing and trying to get everything back into binders. I've labeled my binders and as I find things I'm simply laying them on top of the binders they belong to.
Monday: I will do my FIL's desk tomorrow and get his bills paid. He still has every tax return dating back to the 1940's but would not toss a single one if his life depended on it so all I can do is just keep it as organized and tidy as possible.
Tuesday: I will make my index dividers for each binder as needed for the items to be easily accessible. For instance in the Vehicle binder I have a divider for my SUV, DH's truck, RV, 4-Wheeler, Cargo Trailer, etc.....anything with wheels on it. I detest going through 47 sheet protectors to find the user manual for the Dometic Refrigerator in the camper when it's so much easier to have a divider in the RV binder that says Refrigerator. Hopefully today I can finish all the binders and put them in their new home.
Wednesday: As I'm going through mounds of paperwork I'm finding scratch paper, envelopes and tons of sticky notes with phone numbers and addresses that need to be added to my digital and physical address books. Sorry, I still have yet to trust digital 100% so I continue to keep a physical means of accessing important information as well. This is the day I've reserved for getting all of these scraps of paper entered where it needs to be and tossed.
Thursday: Holiday Planner focus. I've found that too much of a good thing isn't always good. There are parts that I included over the years that no longer apply to our home today. It's time to give it a make-over and I'm really looking forward to this.
Friday: Tackle the cabinets in both offices. We've combined two businesses with two fully stocked home offices and I can say with certainty that most of these supplies will outlast us so it's time to donate all of this excess and be done with it.
Saturday: Final clean, wipe down and decorate all of our office areas to promote a good work environment.
