Time Management : Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done

TIME MANAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

THE SPACE ATTACK

Organizing expert and author Julie
Morgenstern developed the SPACE plan
for attacking clutter and organizing
your physical environment:

Sort – Sort things into groups of simi-
lar items.

Purge –Toss it, give it away, sell it,
put it in long-term storage—but get it
out of your working space.

Assign a Home – Things you’ve decided
to keep need a place. Be efficient with
your storage: Consider size, accessibil-
ity, safety, and sequence of use.

Containerize –Containers keep cat-
egories of items separated and make
retrieval, cleanup, and maintenance
easy.

Equalize – Monitor your bins, shelves,
wall units, and drawers. When some-
thing doesn’t work, make a change.
If you begin accumulating again,
“attack” your SPACE.

SOURCE:Organizing from the Inside Outby Julie
Morgenstern (Owl Books, 2004).

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