If you are anything like me, you could probably use some tips on getting organized. My room is filled with papers, notes and books and it is a total mess. In the article by Leo Babuata, these 7 easy to follow tips will help you get things organized.

A quick summary of his 7 tips are:

1. Reduce before organizing. The mistake most people make when trying to organize their stuff or their tasks or their projects is that they have a whole mess of things to organize, and it's too complicated.
2. Write it down now, always. Our minds are wonderful things, but they leak like a sieve.
3. Have one inbox & process. Well, actually you need two inboxes - one for home and one for work.
4. A place for everything. Related to the above tip is to have a place for each item in your life.
5. Put it away now. Most people have a habit of putting something on a table or counter top or on their desk with the intention of "putting it away later".
6. Clean as you go. Closely related to Habit 5, this habit is effective because it's much easier to clean things as you work or as you move through your day than to let them pile up and do a big cleaning session later.
7. Develop routines & systems. If you've gotten everything uncluttered and organized, you might sit back and enjoy the pleasantness of it. Being organized and having a simplified working environment or home is tremendously satisfying.

Easy to follow and do! It certainly helped me get get the mess in my room cleaned up and actually have room now to actually work on the desk.

To read the full article and more of his useful tips, click here.