Ok - I Have Spent the Last 2 Hours Working on My Office.i Have

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around personal experiences related to organizing home office spaces, particularly in the context of managing paperwork and receipts associated with Pampered Chef consulting. Participants share their methods for decluttering, storing materials, and the emotional challenges of letting go of items like receipts.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, describes spending time organizing their office, including creating bags of trash and reorganizing binders and receipts.
  • Another participant shares their experience of being proud of the organizing efforts and suggests that if receipts have not been useful, they could be discarded.
  • Several users mention the emotional difficulty of deciding what to keep, particularly regarding show receipts, with some advocating for keeping them for a limited time.
  • One participant notes their practice of using an index card file box for storing invitation postcards and suggests filing them by color.
  • Another participant expresses excitement about their own upcoming office organization project after moving into a new house.
  • Some participants share their personal rules for keeping receipts, with varying opinions on how long to retain them before discarding.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the necessity and duration for keeping show receipts, with some participants advocating for discarding them after a year while others prefer to keep them longer. No clear consensus emerges on the best approach to managing paperwork.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects a range of personal experiences and strategies related to office organization among Pampered Chef consultants, highlighting the common challenges faced in managing business-related paperwork.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for ideas on organizing their home office spaces and managing paperwork may find the shared experiences and suggestions relevant.

dannyzmom said:
OK - I have spent the last 2 hours working on my office.

I have created 4 bags of trash (DH wants to kill me cause trash pickup isn;t til Tuesday)

I have a HUGE box of maternity clothing in here - I just offered it up on Freecycle - hopefully someone will snatch it up ASAP otherwise I am bringing it to a shelter on Sunday.

I moved 9 reams of paper out of the closet to the shelves in teh back of the room and reorganized all my binders (my RFS, my Leadership handbook, my recruiting binder and my binder that holds every CN I have ever received.

I have looked thoughtfully at my 3 years worth of show receipts - each filed neatly by show. My ED has been on my case for years to toss them all because I have all that info on PP...but I can't bear to do it yet. Someone talk me thru it!!!

My desk still looks frightening - but I am thinking once I get the closet tackled and DH gets the shelves put up, I will be able to reorganize and have more places for my stuff.

I need a place for invitation postcards - I have zillions...how do you all store yours?
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I store them in a CD box from Ikea
 
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gilliandanielle said:
Looking into professional help couldn't hurt Carolyn...LMAO!!
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want a REALLY big laugh???
I have a BA in Psychology, a MA in Counseling and 2/3 of a doctorate in Clinical Psychology - bahahahahahahha!!!
 
dannyzmom said:
want a REALLY big laugh???
I have a BA in Psychology, a MA in Counseling and 2/3 of a doctorate in Clinical Psychology - bahahahahahahha!!!
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No way! So do I! A Masters in Counseling Psych anyway. And no doctorate work. I was done at the Masters. That's so funny that we're so similar in the messiness department.
 
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Here is one of FOUR bags of shredded receipts...and the box you see in the corner of the fram is my box full of invites
 

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pamperedbecky said:
No way! So do I! A Masters in Counseling Psych anyway. And no doctorate work. I was done at the Masters. That's so funny that we're so similar in the messiness department.
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We're two peas in a pod...athough in a few weeks, my pod will be much neater and more organized than yours - LOL
 
OMG Carolyn!! That IS scary...
 
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We're two peas in a pod...athough in a few weeks, my pod will be much neater and more organized than yours - LOL
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Ha ha ha!! We'll see. I've made a little bit of progress and can actually SEE the top of my desk now. That organizer woman that is coming to my house on the 25th won't believe what my desk USED to look like. I'll show her the before pictures. I hope I still "leave" enough of a mess for her to help me!!! If not, it's onto the kids' toys. That's a whole other story.:D
 
Hey Carolyn~I wish you lived closer! I have 6 women in my family who are pregnant right now! Yes, you read right, 6! They all need some clothes!!!;)
 
I am trying to justify buying the maternity shirt from VIP... I don't know what I am going to wear to my shows, but I just don't know if I can buy a $30 shirt that I will only wear MAYBE 10 times in the next 5 months...
 
CarolynThe way that I always stored them was in those shoebox type storage containers you can purchase at Lowe's that have the little metal brackets on the front so you can slip a label in it.
 
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