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8 Fast Fixes for More Energy

Feeling sluggish? Snap out of it with these quick tricks

by Erica Smith | 3 COMMENTS

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The Zapper: Your Messy Desk Space The Reason: The reason you feel too zapped to clean up your cluttered desk or office home? The mess itself. "Not only is there literally less space to do your work, create your art, make a magical spreadsheet, etc., but all the stuff is staring at you, reminding you of the hundred other things you have to do," says Los Angeles-based clutter expert and professional organizer Fay Wolf of New Order. "Your clouded brain isn't able to be fully present to the work at hand." Looking for your notes from that one meeting or your favorite pen wastes time and tires you out before you've even started.

The Fatigue Fighter: You've heard that the bedroom should be reserved for two activities: sleep and sex. Well, according to Wolf, your desk should be reserved for current work projects and the tools that facilitate that. This means your computer, materials relating to your current project, a few writing utensils, and a small amount of office supplies like a notepad, a stapler, scissors, tape and paper clips (unless you have room for those in a desk drawer) can stay. Everything else is having a judgment day.

"Go through every item, left to right, and either discard it or choose a new home for it," says Wolf. "If a piece of paper needs to be filed, make a file for it: 'To Read,' 'To Pay,' 'To File.' Next, she suggests using a to-do list app that you check every day and where you write down absolutely everything that has to get done. "If anything has a deadline, add it to your trusted to-do list."

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