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The Clean Desk Challenge

Since January is NAPO’s (National Association of Professional Organizers) official Get Organized month (complete with no less than 12 corporate sponsors–it must be for real!)….

Since it is the day before the last day of January…

Since it always feels good to approach a clean desk in the morning…

And since I’ve been thinking about it for more than a week…

I do hereby issue the Clean Desk Challenge. That’s right. I am challenging you to clear off your desk every evening before tottering off to the land of sandmen and strange dreams. (Hmmm, obviously this kiddo doesn’t log off before dinner. If you do, good job!) How many times in February can you leave your desk cleared off at the end of the day?

I’ll be right there with ya. And to prove that this isn’t simply lip service to National Get Organized month, I will take a picture of my desk every evening as the last thing I do. Well, the second to last thing I do. The last thing I’ll do is post it here on this blog.

And if this inspires you to clear off a seriously messy desk for the first time in eons, take before and after pictures and send them my way. We’ll see about posting your success for the world to celebrate!

Ok, here we go. (Please excuse the photo quality of my trusty PDA. My decidedly whacked out digital camera has yet to be repaired or replaced.)
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Clean desk challenge, evening #1

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