Oh. My. Gosh.
I am waiting for the tree-huggers to come take me away for my execution at any moment.*
I am cleaning out my cubicle at work. I took the opportunity to swap days off -- as in, my company has a holiday today, but I'm working in exchange for NEXT Friday off so that I could get some stuff done and CLEAN MY FREAKING DESK ALREADY without anyone bothering me.
So I'm cleaning my desk, like you do . . . and let me just tell you, it's bad. I inherited a cube used by three previously fired employees who took their personal crap and ran for the hills. So I got ALL their old stuff. And I was told not to throw it away but to go through it all. I also brought with me two years worth of Executive Assistant notes I was told not to throw away either, so I venture to say that I have at least ten years worth of CRAP here. That I have to go through. So I can tell WHOEVER that I went through it before I threw it's punk-arse in the TRASH.
So here I am. Hour three. GOING THROUGH IT ALL.
During this process, I discovered something disturbing.
I have a paper problem.
Specifically? I have a "using-part-of-a-notebook-then-losing-it-somewhere-in-the-mess-and-just-going-and-getting-another-one-no-good-very-bad-problem."
Pardon the horrid quality of the pictures, but here you have a visual of just how horrible my problem really is:
I am waiting for the tree-huggers to come take me away for my execution at any moment.*
I am cleaning out my cubicle at work. I took the opportunity to swap days off -- as in, my company has a holiday today, but I'm working in exchange for NEXT Friday off so that I could get some stuff done and CLEAN MY FREAKING DESK ALREADY without anyone bothering me.
So I'm cleaning my desk, like you do . . . and let me just tell you, it's bad. I inherited a cube used by three previously fired employees who took their personal crap and ran for the hills. So I got ALL their old stuff. And I was told not to throw it away but to go through it all. I also brought with me two years worth of Executive Assistant notes I was told not to throw away either, so I venture to say that I have at least ten years worth of CRAP here. That I have to go through. So I can tell WHOEVER that I went through it before I threw it's punk-arse in the TRASH.
So here I am. Hour three. GOING THROUGH IT ALL.
During this process, I discovered something disturbing.
I have a paper problem.
Specifically? I have a "using-part-of-a-notebook-then-losing-it-somewhere-in-the-mess-and-just-going-and-getting-another-one-no-good-very-bad-problem."
Pardon the horrid quality of the pictures, but here you have a visual of just how horrible my problem really is:
This is the pile I plan to use up before I allow myself to get ANY MORE NOTEBOOKS.
This is the recycling pile . . . And I've already half filled the recycling bin (that is the size of a giant curbside trash can)
Hopefully, I can focus enough that by the end of the day I will have a beautiful (yeah right), clean workspace.
Anyone have any organization tips? I'm DROWNING IN PAPER here folks!
*Tree-huggers, I know you don't actually execute people. And I know I shouldn't call you that. I promise not to do it again.
4 comments:
Oh my goodness gracious, girl. That is a whole heck of a lot of partially used notebooks.
What a big ol' pain. I say just throw it all away. All of it.
Let's not pretend like any one of your bosses ever has any kind of clue about what's going on...
I agree with Anne! I have no idea why they are telling you to keep so much crap if you rarely use is - not to mention they never use it. You are doing the right thing, you are in the right mind-set to just go through stuff fast and get rid of it. Sometimes I get caught up organizing because I can be in one of those moods like, "Ooooh, I wonder if I will need this someday". Ugh, then I end up keeping a bunch of crap that I never use! I think you're doing a super job, keep up the good work!
Oh, my gosh. That is a big notebook problem! I keep scraps of paper all over my nightstand, but you definitely have me beat. :)
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Oh my goodness darling you need help!!
Sadly I've not nothing.
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