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Are you working from home these days? Take advantage of this unique opportunity to spring clean your home office area and your electronic files. De-cluttering your workspace, eliminating digital clutter, and setting up regular cleaning processes can help you be more in control of your work life.

De-Clutter Desks and Workspaces

Workspaces can quickly become scenes of “organized chaos” with papers, files, and other materials spread randomly or stacked in piles. Research has shown that cluttered spaces can negatively impact an individual’s mental health by causing increased stress and anxiety and hurt long-term productivity.

Eliminate Digital Clutter

Digital disorganization presents the same frustration and lost productivity as physical clutter. Studies have routinely shown that employees can lose up to two hours per week searching for digital documents if their files are not organized well. Clean out your inbox, purge unnecessary electronic files, organize digital folders, and back-up files regularly, not just in the spring.

Assign a Space for Everything

Assign places for everything in your office. Use drawers to group like things together, such as envelopes with stamps and return address labels, paper clips with staples and other fasteners, and pens with pads of paper. This simple organization step can dramatically reduce the time you spend looking for things you need.

Set Time to Clean Your Office or Home

Set time on your calendar to clean regularly. According to the 2020 National Cleaning Survey, not having enough time is one of the top reasons that adults will not do spring cleaning. Taking the step to put time for cleaning on your calendar helps make this necessary chore a commitment and keeps you accountable for getting it done.

Explore How Barter Can Help

Consider the variety of cleaning services and products fellow barter companies provide, including carpet cleaning, building maintenance, commercial cleaning, office supplies, storage spaces, home and building repairs, and computer services. Once this quarantine ends, use barter to have a caterer provide food or provide other types of incentives such as gift cards and tickets to sporting events or other entertainment to help spur employees on as they clean their workspaces. Check out the possibilities barter offers here.

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