By popular demand, here are some photos. I purposely didn't straighten everything up because even though my desk is mostly clean, there's nearly always an odd or end I haven't taken care of yet.
Overview of my desk.
Blue Drawer Detail
Inbox and Action List detail. I use the At Home and At Computer the most, so they are in their own slot. All others sit below it.
Tickler. A have a few folders of reference material I access a lot and want handy (i.e. not in the general reference file). This includes the trash/recycling plan and the paper where I jot down notes for the blog that mostly become part of bullet updates.
Project Folders. I reduced these down to two in preparation for the baby. Normally I have 6-10.
General reference files. No pretty, but functional. One step at a time!
At Computer and At Home action lists. I normally don't prioritize, but I put stars down the right side for things that HAD to be done before the birth. Otherwise I'd be tempted with all the things I'd LIKE to do before birth.
Detail showing how the plastic sleeves works.
Thanks for watching! Hope this makes some things clearer.
(These photos refer to blog posts "Life In Review: Celebrating Two Years of Tickler Success: Part I, Part II and Part III.)
It looks wonderful. I had been wondering about the plastic sleeves because if I had to fight to get the paper with the list in and out of the sleeve, the system would quickly fall apart for me.
I haven't figured out how I will do things yet. Right now I am using a 3 ring binder, but that tends to get buried.
I'll have to give some thought to how you have it set up and see if it would work for me.
Thanks,
S
And by the way, do you not have your own copy of Jonathan's first year collage? or is it hanging somewhere else?
I got Jonathan's collage when I was in the States so it is on display in my room in FL. The others were sent here so they are on display here. It's nothing against Jonathan, but suitcase space is always limited when bringing things from the States to Switzerland!
No problem, I just thought I should send you one if you didn't have it. (:
It does remind me how long you've been in Switzerland, though!
I've been in Switzerland just about exactly five years. I came over the first time in January of 2007 thinking I'd be here five months. Five years later so much has changed yet it's hard to believe that much time has passed!
I think I found the plastic sleeves you are using. They can be found at Staples or Amazon and are called Poly Jackets.
S
The plastic sleeves are very common here, but I also found some when I was in Canada. I still have them, if someone is interested - letter-sized for US paper, can't use them here...
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