If paper is covering every surface in your workspace and you’re feeling as if you may end up buried under all of it someday, then perhaps this tip may help you decide how to qualify whether a paper gets to stay or not.
Question every piece of paper before you keep and file it.
- Do I really need to keep this?
- If I don’t have it can I get it?
- Will I really ever look at it again?
And the most important question you can ask is …
What is the worst thing that will happen if I no longer have this paper?
If your answer is ‘nothing much’ – then let it go.
Change your mindset from one of KEEP to TOSS. Assume that every paper coming into your workspace will automatically be trashed. Keep only the exceptional papers.
Toss more papers. Reduce the clutter. Get more done.
Now, get on with your day!
