Many, many are the times I’ve set aside time to properly clear up and found I’ve spent an hour sorting through one stack of papers…
I’d suggest: start with the big things first. You can sort which papers to keep and which to throw after you’ve picked up the bigger things and put them in boxes out of the way.
There’s a huge amount of relief in cleaning up even just the easy 80% of the clutter, so tackle the low-hanging fruit first and leave the details for the second pass.
Maybe to much of it. From the reactions so far it seems not to be too useful in practical terms. I guess the amount of hacks acquired by any one person is difficult to transport onto others.
Lots of good advice here!
I’d also add: don’t get bogged down in details.
Many, many are the times I’ve set aside time to properly clear up and found I’ve spent an hour sorting through one stack of papers…
I’d suggest: start with the big things first. You can sort which papers to keep and which to throw after you’ve picked up the bigger things and put them in boxes out of the way.
There’s a huge amount of relief in cleaning up even just the easy 80% of the clutter, so tackle the low-hanging fruit first and leave the details for the second pass.
Maybe to much of it. From the reactions so far it seems not to be too useful in practical terms. I guess the amount of hacks acquired by any one person is difficult to transport onto others.