Over the years of working in homes and offices with clients I’ve realized we tend to over complicate our filing system. Sometimes making the system so complex that we can’t maintain it and we end up with a pile of papers to be filed and a filing cabinet too full of outdated papers to file anything else in the drawer.

Sound familiar?

Make filing easy with this three-part file system:

File type #1 Active
These are the files you are currently working with, such as client files. These are the ones you need to access daily, weekly or monthly. These files belong in a cabinet near your desk; preferably so close you don’t even have to get out of your chair.

Short on space? Try a rolling file rack that you can wheel up to your desk to access during the workday and roll away at the end of the day.

File Type #2 Research
These are the files where you store ideas, clippings, professional articles, journals and other types of reference materials.

These need to be handy but not necessarily right next to your desk.

File Type #3 Archive
These are the files that you need to keep for backup purposes like taxes or past clients. Since you won’t need to have access to these all that often these files can be boxed up, clearly labeled and stored away.

A filing cabinet is not the best place for these since they’ll become outdated within months and you’ll have to weed the cabinet.

Working just a few minutes a day to organize these key files means in no time at all you’ll be able to find what you need when you need it and those “to be filed” piles will disappear!

And all I can say is it’s about time we had a simple system for all those papers!

One thing you can count on from a good PR journey is growth.  Sometimes, as you grow and change, your own environment will no longer be appropriate for who you are and who you are becoming.

At first, you may not grasp exactly what’s transpiring.  So, know this…If you are in the wrong environment, it is common to feel crazy, stupid, or worthless–maybe all three! You may waste a lot of energy and time exploring whether the crazy, stupid, and worthless labels are accurate or not. Don’t bother; the solution to the problem does not lie there.

Stop questioning how you feel. Accept your feelings, and change your focus to the wrong environment part of that scenario.  When you are in the wrong environment, you feel wrong when you don’t fit in. Not because you’re wrong…because the environment is wrong…for you. 

Sometimes your environment does not fit who you are.It can feel as if you unwittingly contributed a box full of rocks to the neighborhood rummage sale.  If you put those rocks out on the sidewalk right where you are, chances are the neighbors will talk. Rocks in a box just aren’t garage sale material. Carry that same bunch of rocks over to the Rock Show and it’s a whole different scenario–rock hounds will wildly appreciate what you’ve got.So, if you’re outgrowing your environment, remember this: Rock On.  You can move on, and sometimes you must move on. 

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