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Another desk organization question
Sosaidh | Feb 20 2006
I've managed to set up my desk at home for GTD but my desk at work is driving me crazy. I'm a graduate student who works in a university research lab. My desk is set up so that I have three shelves above my desk(two of which I can see easily), my desk (which I would say is a little over three feet wide), one small drawer under my desk where I keep my office supples, and a bookcase to the side of my desk which contains two shelves. The problem I am running into is in managing my filing system. I have tons of research articles which are currently organized in stacks of manilla folders above my desk. When I need to find an article I have to take down the stack and go through and check each folder label. Needless to say its annoying and not conducive to me wanting to add more folders to the stack. So my question is does anyone else have an office not suited for adding a file cabinet (I've thought about it but there is no space since the space under my desk is taken up by my legs) and how have they come up with a work-around to this problem? 6 Comments
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 End-tab approach might helpSubmitted by ggrozier on February 20, 2006 - 11:48pm.
Could you turn the folders on their sides (so they'd be standing on the folded edge)? End-tab filing is actually pretty efficient. You wouldn't have to convert the existing folders to end-tab, but maybe you could get some end-tab A-Z dividers. To start with, even some colored folders or file jackets placed at intervals among your existing folders would make good dividers. If your folders were taken out of the piles or stacks and put on their sides it would be lots easier to remove and replace individual folders. And these look helpful, too: Smead? Workspace Organization Jackets Ideal for use in desktop organizers and overhead cabinets, fits both shelves and drawers. * Dual tabs, both end tab and top tab for efficient filing » POSTED IN:
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