the biannual cleaning of the home office

homeplaceofthefuture daily log 4784

You know those home office pictures you see on Pinterest? The perfectly stained wood desk, the natural light, limited number of items on a desk with the perfectly brewed cup of coffee next to a Macbook....yeah that's not me (except for the coffee) and I'm guessing it's not you either. For years my home office was a spare bedroom complete with a closet full of clothes and my kids sporting equipment. A few years ago we moved to a new home with an actual home office the size of a New York apartment - small and cramped. I've made it work and I have some ideas on pictures to post later on, but I don't do a lot of cleaning or organizing in there because I work there.

1. Log in
2. Sit on some calls
3. Log off
4. Shut the door

I spent a good part of Labor Day here in the US cleaning my home office. Why? I don't know, I had the itch to move some things around, throw some old paperwork away and start fresh for the fall season that leads into the holidays. As they say September is the new January and I wanted to get organized and motivated before the holidays. Next cleaning session happens during the holiday when I have more junk to find hiding places for!