What’s in that box on your desk?

Back when I posted a tour of my desk in March (!), Renee asked the question, “what’s in that box?” referring to the box on the left of the pic below.

Well, I intended to post about it but I had to get organised and take pics when it was light. In summer I can take 10 minutes of photos quickly for a post before the light fades but winter weather means I have one or two hours a week (both on a weekend) to do all my photos for this blog.

So, onto the box.

In a nutshell, I keep all the papers/ books handy that I need to look at or refer to often. Often for me is on an at least weekly basis.

I have a folder that I call deadline-based projects for all my Groupons (filed in date order), any birthday party invites with directions, upcoming holiday details (confirmation of bookings, flight details, car hire, etc.). I go through this folder regularly to remind myself of the next deadline.

Then there are my 2013 goals. This is a 10-page flipfile but I like the ones from Clicks with a sturdy plastic cover where I keep all things goals. My full list of 2013 goals, my list of 100 goals from this book and then my monthly goals lists. I’m a bit obsessive actually. I print my goals list and keep a working copy in this file. I cross off completed goals with a yellow highlighter (must be yellow) and every month I give myself a score.

And then I have a few folders of things always on the go, like my photography stuff.

I also keep a few notebooks in here – my book of lists, a happy journal, business cards and that photo album actually has various pieces of cardboard instead of photos with my business checklists, like the list of things I run through every month when I’m doing my newsletter, or financials, or in the case of personal stuff, my photo checklist.

That’s basically it!