How do you achieve a work and life balance? The answer may surprise you but is actually quite simple: eliminate clutter. To do this, you need to get organized and simplify your work and home lives and spaces. There are several steps you can take to accomplish this.

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Balancing Work & Life…
and the Clutter In-between
How do you achieve a work and life balance? The answer may surprise you but is
actually quite simple: eliminate clutter. To do this, you need to get organized and simplify
your work and home lives and spaces. There are several steps you can take to
accomplish this:
4 ne bite at a time: Approach decluttering tasks in small chunks—15 minutes at a time
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works well. This makes the tasks at hand more manageable and provides you with a
genuine sense of accomplishment.
4 ou’ve got mail: Email is a huge contributor to clutter. Set specific times during the day
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to check these—we suggest limiting it to 3-4 times. For regular paper mail, checking it
once per day is more than sufficient.
4 t’s okay to throw it away: When looking at clutter, purge items whenever possible.
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Make this a regular task in your effort to be clutter-free.
4 on’t go it alone: Ask for help! At home, ask your spouse or partner to pitch in to the
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effort. At work, look at ways you can move your administrative duties to an intern,
virtual assistant or student volunteer.
4 et rid of the piles: It’s easy to get into the habit of piling up papers. As soon as you
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have something that could be stacked up, such as notes and information on a specific
project at work or medical bills arriving at your home, file them away accordingly.
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