Brad’s Productivity Tip for Writers #37

Jul 06 2008

Today I’m doing a bit of summer cleaning in my home office. My wife bought my two large bookshelves to store my small but growing book collection and I thought it would be a good time to do a little cleaning as well. I have thrown out a lot of old papers – especially from college (sniff, sniff), magazines, dead batteries, and other stuff that has been collecting dust over the years.

Cleaning and organizing my work area does make me more productive. When there’s less clutter, there are less distractions. I know a lot of people, especially writers and other creative types, thrive from clutter (I kind of do, to a point). So if you’re trying to get work done and there’s a stack of papers, books and other stuff you don’t really need, try cleaning it out and getting organized, you might just get some more work done!

One Response

As a writer, I find everything much easier to do with clutter- condensed clutter, that is. If everything is a mess then I am forever distracted. That’s why I suggest hanging a bulletin board in your workspace so that you can have ‘organized clutter’. It really helps ease writer’s block, too, especially if you hang some magazine cutouts or pictures on it.

Rika 7/10/2008 12:35 am