Organization tools for your organization tools?

I have to laugh at myself sometimes. I am a bit behind on a few things and need to get organized so I know just what's what. My first reaction was to head down to my local Staples to pick up a couple organization tools. But if I look at my desks, I can see that they (I have two desks) are packed with organization tools. Folder holders, wire shelve thingys, and three tiered in-boxes are crammed full of stuff. Plastic stacking drawers are my favorite because they hold a lot.

I don't need more organization tools, I need more organization and perhaps a wee cleaning session.

I have stamps in a dozen weird denominations from 1 cent to 80 cents.
Pictures.
Cards.
Receipts I will need come January tax time.
Fliers for this and that.
File folders that ought to be filed.
At least 10 different kinds of paper - from filler paper to lovingly bound journals.
Magazines I keep thinking I will look at - one is from January 2007, probably not getting to that one.
One page models that don't have a folder - I hate to make a folder for one piece of paper.
Assorted gadget pieces.
Expired coupons.

An on and on. Take a look at your bins of organization - are they too full to do their jobs?

Comments

[Scott Gentzen]

I'm starting a new job on Monday so I'm in the fortunate position of having had to break down everything in my cubicle, get it to the car and get it to the house.

After some filtering and planning, I'll be doing the reverse sometime next week.

I've been trying to maintain a minimal setup over the last couple of years. Some of it is GTD-oriented (stack of index cards, nearby files, quickly trashing things I don't need). My organization of organization tends to be tossing anything I'm not using.

I'm planning on spending a lot of time over the next couple of days thinking about how I do things and what I might need to acquire or get rid of before I start moving stuff into the new cubicle.

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