| Is your office no longer recognizable? Is
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| | the colors mean and it will be much
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| the clutter so bad that it engulfs every
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| | easier to toss something into them.
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| surface? Is seeing the computer screen
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| | Things you use all the time should be
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| getting harder and harder because there's
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| | readily at hand. Get yourself a 3-inch
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| so much dust on it? If you answered yes
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| | loose leaf binder and a set of sheet
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| to these questions, I wouldn't be
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| | protectors. Put everything into those,
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| surprised to learn that you have ADD.
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| | including disks, papers, booklets, etc.
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| Attention deficit causes these things to
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| | Then, set it somewhere that you can grab
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| happen, and what's worse, though everyone
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| | it easily.
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| around you notices, you probably don't.
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| | After you've cleaned out that one drawer,
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| Yet, if you're in a structured office
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| | stop for the day. Take another space and
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| environment, your boss may look at the
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| | do the same thing with it the following
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| mess and rule out any potential
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| | day and the day after that, clean
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| promotions because you can't keep things
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| | another. Keep this system moving, until
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| together. Or, if you work out of your
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| | your entire office is cleared up. But
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| home, how uncomfortable is it making the
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| | you'll need to stop yourself from the
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| other people who live with you? Look
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| | ADD-clutter during this process, too.
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| around and think about what you see.
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| | Set aside a large space where you can
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| Finding that perfect mess isn't reason
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| | just toss things during the day. It might
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| for falling into depression, throwing up
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| | be a desk drawer, a file bin or whatever.
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| your hands and saying, "Oh well, it's my
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| | Just be sure it's large enough to handle
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| ADD." Though that's true, it's no excuse
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| | the stuff that comes flying at your
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| for not at least trying to keep things
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| | throughout the day, and toss everything
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| straightened. You can do it in ways that
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| | that you don't know what to do with into
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| are easier for your ADD brain, if you
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| | it.
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| think of cleaning the mess in "chunks."
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| | Then, at the beginning or at the end of
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| First, choose a small spot, like a desk
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| | every day, take 5 minutes and go through
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| drawer. Take everything out and pile it
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| | your "everything" space. File things into
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| in front of you. If it's something you
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| | the folders in your desk drawer or into
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| haven't looked at in 7 days and it's
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| | the binder, or throw things away that you
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| unimportant, pitch it into the trash. For
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| | know you'll never read. If you keep this
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| the things you don't need immediately,
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| | ADD-friendly system going, the clutter
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| but can't throw away, set up an
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| | that comes from attention deficit will no
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| ADD-friendly filing system in one of your
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| | longer be an issue.
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| desk drawers, if you can. Buy a set of
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| | Systems like this one that your ADD can
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| colored hanging folders, and then label
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| | get behind are often the best kinds of
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| them. Maybe make red for urgent, blue for
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| | systems. Stick with this one for a while,
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| reference, or whatever. After using them
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| | and see if it can't work for you.
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| a while, you'll automatically know what
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