Hello!

You’ve heard me say it time and time again that you can’t bring in Office Style if your desk is a mess. Well, i guess you can but you just wouldn’t be able to notice anything cute on your desk since it will most likely be buried under all your stuff.

How are you going to notice your adorable Blue Petite Calculator?

Or how about your poor Chocolate Letter Trays that are completely covered in overflowing file folders? 

I have a simple step that is part of my Office Styling techniques I use everyday and it’s the first of a step I call Divide & Release.

Step 1. Divide

You most likely have piles of papers or perhaps just stacks of file folders and legal pad notes  scattered across your desk right? Don’t be shy…you are not alone! Let’s make this easy for you and just put all your file folders in one pile, and your loose papers in another pile. You can put your post its, note pads, and legal pads in another pile. Now, put everything back where it belongs, i.e. your stapler, paperclip box, letter tray and anything else that was misplaced with the desk mess!

Do you see the difference?

Just by moving things and dividing them into sections on your desk, you can clear a lot of space. Granted you haven’t gone through every pile to organize them, but you are one HUGE step forward in bringing office style into your manila world!

Because I care,

The Office Stylist

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