Woohoo!  I actually did it this weekend.  I cleaned my office area.  Hip hip hooray!  I feel like a tremendous weight has been lifted.  I'm feeling so good about cleaning up my act, that I'm inspired to keep up the momentum by tackling my basket in the kitchen.  Each member of the family has their own basket, except Brady, and I have to confess that mine is the absolute messiest.  Even the kids have cleaned their baskets out.  My turn.  Compared to the office, this should be a breeze!

So, wanna see the before and after pics?  I'm so proud of my  ccomplishment, of course, I'll show it off!

[caption id="attachment_364" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="BEFORE - Messy desk"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_365" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="AFTER - Clean, organized desk"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_366" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="BEFORE - Trashed bookshelf"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_367" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="AFTER - Beautifully arranged bookshelf"][/caption]

Isn't that better?  I purged things I didn't need.  Reorganized so that the notes and folders I use regularly are within arm's reach on the desk.  I moved other things to the top of the shelf.  I also organized the shelf so categories of books are together in one place.  I moved office supplies from the shelf to the filing cabinet so there would be room for everything without being tempted to just toss stuff on top.  I did all of this while listening to some fabulous music from my library on last.fm.  The music helped to motivate me.  Your tips also helped tremendously.  I also decided to do a little research of my own and ended up with an article called "5 Tips to Tackle Organizing Your Home Office" for doWAHdiddy.  That's my favorite thing about being a writer - I can research and learn about things I'm interested in or need to know, then get paid to write about them.  How cool is that?