In less then 4 months it will be time for you to get all of your tax information together and start those dreaded taxes, but what if you could do them easily and quickly? Well you can, if you spend time now organizing your office and files. I know I need to as I have not yet this year and I know it will help me to get my taxes done quickly and get my money back faster, so I plan on using my Color labels and my dymo and getting everything organized very quickly.

One thing I recommend is to sit down and make sure right now that you have all of your receipts and documents that you may need for tax write offs and all that fun stuff. Stick them in files in a filing cabinet and label those files. This is very important because it can keep you from being stressed out later. If you can also scan these documents onto a disk and label it that way you have a back up in case something happens, put this disk in a fireproof safe, something else you should invest in and label it with your name. This is something I love about design, it really can help you when it comes to reducing stress.

The next thing I recommend for you to do in your office is really look at how you use it yourself. Are you always getting up to get to the printer or fax? Can you get to everything you use daily without getting up from your chair? If the answer is no, then you need to get more storage close to your workspace. I prefer having a few bookshelf and an area with my printer and fax right behind me so that I can just turn around and get what I need. If you decided to have all of your books on a bookshelf, organize them into topics or whatever works for you and label the sections. This will help you to get to what you need quicker instead of trying to remember where the book was.

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