Organize Your Desk! 3 Reasons Why Decluttering Is Essential

Organize Your Desk! 3 Reasons Why Decluttering Is Essential Organize Your Desk! 3 Reasons Why Decluttering Is Essential Image Source: iStockNOBODY enjoys being disorganised,  but there is more to it than the way that you feel people might view you as a result of the  ever-present and untidy pile of documents  and stationery on your workstation.  It is very important to organize your desk. And that’s scientifically proven.“Too much organisation is not the answer… Disorganisation isnt about our stuff. Its about ourselves.”Extensive research has shown  how domestic hoarding and clutter can, at worst, destroy a person’s  psychological and physical wellbeing, and even at best, add about 40% more work to regular household chores.In work, focus as much on  the consequences of clutter as the reasons for it. Consider what it’s doing to you and your potential. As Mike Nelson writes in Clutter-proof Your Business: Turn Your Mess Into Success, “too much organisation is not the answer… Disorganisation isnt about our stuff. Its about ourselves.”According to Psychology Today, clutter bombards the s enses with stimuli, distracts attention, makes it difficult to relax, sends signals to our brains that work is never done, makes us anxious, creates feelings of guilt and embarrassment, inhibits creativity and frustrates us from locating what we need quickly.Here are three  reasons why your business will improve if you remove the clutter and organize your desk. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Reduced StressTHE Mayo Clinic has reported that “When youre surrounded by more things than you can manage, it sends a visual message that your life is out of control.”If you are constantly being told that your life is out of control then you will lose control.Entrepreneurs requires a clear horizon and long-term vision. This is not reflected, or well served, by a cluttered working space that will distract rather than direct.Stress has serious implications for your business and for you. Organize your desk today and do not give the clutter  a back-door into the nerve cen tre of your operations by maintaining a messy workspace.2. Improved HealthIF YOUR working base is cluttered and chaotic, stress will soon manifest itself physically, and your immune system will be hard pressed to cope even with minor ailments. Over the medium- to long-term, there will be serious implications for the heart; the lungs; the brains and other major organs.As the Mayo Clinic advises, “Over time, high levels of stress lead to serious health problems.”If you organize your desk and maintain  a tidy office space, it may not entirely eliminate stress from your life but you are taking control of it: an important first step. Your health can only improve. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 3. Clutter Eats Time and  MoneyTRY to think of a messy desk as a  bonfire where you burn profit. That is exactly what a disorganised workspace does. Research over the past decade has documented  a breathtaking loss of productivity due to messy workstations.This is perplexin g, and almost unforgivable in an age when (according to a 2012 survey by CareerBuilder) maintaining productivity levels in companies is one of the top staffing challenges.According to the This Way Out Group, the most powerful way of tackling lost productivity is to monetize it. The group cites a report by The Boston Globe finding that employees spend 30% of time trying to find lost documents; a survey by Esselte of 2,600 executives, which found executives waste six weeks per year searching for lost documents; and a separate report by the Delphi Group revealing that 15% of all paper handled in business is lost.Considering that six weeks for an executive earning  $75,000 equates to $3,842, it’s easier to relate to  the notion of a messy desk as a symbolic pyre for your profit.Take action today.  Impose  order on workspace. Organize your desk. Feel your health and productivity soar.