Budget tightening is not just an issue confronting the politicians in Washington, but everywhere across the country. Of course, those cuts coming from D.C. will have ripple effects reaching all the way into Columbus. Case in point: there is a plan being discussed to close 6 Columbus post offices. This is going to mean the loss of jobs and forcing other post offices to pick up the slack not to mention the inconvenience for the patrons. Perhaps the fault is not so much in budgeting cuts as it is with the need for proper organization. How many times have you been to the post office and it looks like things are just scattered everywhere? Have there been times when they can’t find a letter or parcel? Sure, they do an amazing job considering the volume of mail that moves through their system every day but we can all benefit from an “organizational sweep.”

If you’re reading this article in your Columbus Ohio office (or off hours) think about this environment. How organized is this space? Are you and your coworkers making the most of this environment? Most offices are rentals and businesses are paying by the square footage, but how much of that square footage is dedicated to productive work space as opposed to storing junk? If any of these issues give you pause, it might be time for a top to bottom review of your office and to figure out the best way to reorganize.

A great proactive first step is to get rid of everything that is no longer being used, is broke or contributes to the clutter. This could be accomplished with a quick clean up, but if you really want to get the job done you’re probably going to find items that won’t fit into a garbage can. Typically, this would be all that busted office furniture that has been shoved into a closet. That closet could also be holding all kinds of product or marketing displays that are no longer needed, office equipment that is outdated or files that need to be tossed. Too often items that fill up a storage closet do so because no one wants to take the initiative to get rid of them. Part of this could be in the practical applications: Just who is going to haul it away? If you had a team of professional junk haulers like Junk King Columbus on stand-by alert you could insure that whatever large piles of office junk you have amassed can be taken away.

Once you’ve clear out the junk with the help of a team of experienced movers, you’ll be able to make better use of that space. It could be that a storage room becomes a new office or even a break room. Either one of those options is going to increase productivity. Yes, a break room is good for productivity because a happy and relaxed staff is going to get a lot more done during the course of a typical work day!