J is for Junk. Here's how I define junk: "One man's treasure is another man's junk." No one can say what is junk in your office. But, whatever you consider junk, does having it around make you feel productive? Is it something you think you might need someday but that day hasn't arrived yet? Is it broken and awaiting repair? Well, you aren't obviously using it now in it's broken state, so you must not need it too badly, or you'd have prioritized its repair financially.
Get rid of the junk in your office. It's not a storage room for objects d'art that don't work in the other rooms of your house.
K is for Keyboard. How is yours looking these days? Are there crumbs between the keys? Have the letters worn off? Are some of the keys not truly functioning? Do you need a new keyboard altogether? Does it really fit your hands and fingers? My fingers and wrists used to ache until a keyboard like this came with a computer I bought many years ago. The keys are slightly closer together and they a lower keys. I don't know how to explain it, but there really is a difference.
Surprisingly, these keyboards are often very cheap--I usually give $10 for them a piece. I've found one brand/model, and have bought some extras off eBay. They don't last forever in my house. I wear off the letters. When I'm tired, I need to see letters.
This scale keyboard has meant a dramatic increase in speed and in comfort level. My fingers were having to stretch too far and push too far down on the keys to build up any type of speed on a regular keyboard. In addition, after a long day, my fingers and wrists ached horribly.
This is not a laptop keyboard. That's too close together for my comfort.
The footprint of the keyboard is nearly like a regular keyboard. The difference is only in the size/height/closeness of the keys.
L is for Labels. I use labels for everything. They are a great way to remember what is in the folders, files, boxes, and more. I don't have a special labeler. I simply use the label template in WordPerfect. (I'm a WordPerfect fan who uses Word only to send files to clients. Even this article was first composed in WordPerfect!) Get a large variety of labels, in various sizes and styles. I have transparent ones and white ones. (And I probably own the largest variety of labels available outside of an office supply store!)
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