Last week I had an amazing golf experience. With two tournaments lining up on Thursday and Friday, this would be the end of the summer events and one last shot to see how much has been improved in my game this year. Then it happened… due to bad weather both tournaments were cancelled.

This left me back at the office with time to spend, two days in a row. You have to know that is a scary thought, as my schedule usually doesn’t allow me to do much of my own stuff. Well, let’s clean some stuff up I though.

Spending the first day literally throwing everything away made me realize how much junk was in my office. Even stuff from 2002 was in my archive cabinet as printing out was still pretty popular at that time. Seeing all this paper go down the drain made me realize I needed a digital office; no more printing out.

The next it was my laptop and business software’s turn. Clean all up, archive, discard things that aren’t relevant anymore. Spending your day like this will make you realize junk is not restricted to ‘the real world’ alone.

One of the most important changes the cleanup made for me was the realization I do not want to print out documents anymore. I will keep them digital and will make my notes digital. Next to that, I don’t want anymore stuff to move into my office as - at one point - it has to be carried out as well. How much stuff do you really need? When you think of this, a lot of things in your house and office don’t make sense or serve a need at that moment. When you’re done with it, sell it or throw it away, don’t keep large basements.

Wow, I’m really satisfied with my office now. Let’s play a game of golf to celebrate it…