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EFFICIENCY: I need a bigger clock



I’m all for efficiency, but sometimes time slips away on me. As a self-employed communications professional, I have come to accept deadlines as my friends. But they can creep up quickly. Distractions sneak in as well. I can lose track of time, especially when a project really piques my interest.

Tick-tick-tick.

I’m not exactly a clock-watcher, but I think I need a bigger clock in my office. Would that help with time management?

Would a bigger clock help me work more efficiently?


Actually, I have a sizable timepiece hanging on the wall over my desk. It’s hard to miss. So the dimensions aren’t the issue.

Maybe a bigger clock isn’t enough. I might not look up.

I guess it ought to come with sound effects. It’s easy to be drawn to the computer screen and ignore the passage of time, so audible signals may be helpful.

  • A musical trill might alert me to move on to a different project, every once in a while.

  • Loud, annoying beeps could signal each hour to spring me from my desk chair and send me to lift a couple of hand weights and rack up some steps.

  • Perhaps a little drum roll would remind me that I forgot to stop and eat lunch.

  • A little “Pow!” might be just what I’d need to punch out, before I get a little too punchy.

Hey, it’s about time.

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Saturday

OFFICE SPACE: 30 things I just tossed out




Yikes.

I’m almost embarrassed to reveal this list of unnecessary or obsolete items I found, while cleaning out my office. But I feel a whole lot better, having done so. I admit it. I was a little ruthless this time. But the clean sweep was overdue. 


Whew! Here we go!

Here’s a roster of 30 different things (or groups of things) that I just discarded.

  1. Broken headphones
  2. Business cards
  3. Chargers/cords for long-gone devices
  4. Childproofing electric outlet plug covers
  5. Coloring books
  6. Coupons
  7. Dried-out markers
  8. Expired calendars
  9. Floral delivery vases
  10. Former address labels
  11. Fractured eyeglasses
  12. Lead-less mechanical pencils
  13. Miscellaneous keys
  14. Old magazines
  15. Padlocks (missing keys)
  16. Partial playing card decks
  17. Phone books
  18. Promotional magnets
  19. Restaurant menus
  20. Retailers’ shopping totes
  21. Road maps
  22. Rolodex
  23. Shriveled glue sticks
  24. Skin care samples
  25. Software for long-gone computers
  26. Solidified glue bottles
  27. Spare keyrings
  28. Stale candies
  29. Tattered gift bags
  30. Used postal packaging

Don’t blink.

For the moment, everything in my office is safely stashed in a logical and intentional location. I can find anything in a flash.

Yes, that will likely change. The clutter will accumulate again. And I’ll have to repeat this entire process.

Look out! The medicine cabinet is next on my list.


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