Office Cleanse 2013: Shedding and Shredding

I'm happy to report that Phase II of what's rapidly becoming an annual "office cleanse and purge" process is in full swing.  Since the holidays (taking advantage of some free time and rainy days to kick things off) I've been neck deep in file folders and papers as they await their turn to be reviewed, scanned, shredded and released - all before going on to become whatever they might in their next reincarnation.

Last year I tackled 4 boxes of client folders.  All scanned now so that when a client returns to coaching to work on a new goal /project in their life - which often they do - I can easily review their info online and get "reacquainted" with them quickly to meet them now where they are today. 

This year - I'm tackling the "financials" - all the folders containing old bank statements, old retirement account statements, and the old annual accounting folders for my business that have been building up over 25 plus years of my work and "adult" life.

I'm about 40% into the project - give or take - and have had to remind myself that this project is not a sprint race.  Especially when I find myself in week two or three losing steam - overwhelmed by the mounds of files still to be "processed".  It's those times - when I m wondering why the heck I'm doing this, and why I'm not feeling the same vim and vigor I felt when I kicked this project off in week one - that I realize I've lost connection with the vision of what I want my future office space to look, be, and for this kinesthetic gal - feel like.

It's those times when I realize that to "reenergize" and keep my momentum going   -  I have to re-connect with the vision I have of my "future self" in an office space that aligns entirely with who she/I are in that moment.  Spacious, creative, vibrant, clutter free, as paper-less as possible, clean, airy..... a space conducive to the creativity that she/I see ourselves expressing - through coaching, blogging,  photography....through living.

By connecting to that vision - which I do in my 15 minute morning meditations - by allowing myself to "feel" how I will feel in that "remodeled / reinvented" office space  - I'm able to appreciate how far I've already come, how much the "feel" of my current office is already shifting and changing - and this gives me the energy I need to tackle the next set of files and folders for the day.  

Of course - having two fuzzy office mates cheering me on (in their own feline way) while I'm scanning away doesn't hurt either.  As does the knowledge that I have a full year to fulfill the vision of my office that I have for 2013 - and that this is just one step along the path to fulfillment.  

So should you find yourself losing a little steam in the midst of a "project" - reconnect with your vision, your dream, your goal - whatever it is that will help you re-energize and find your way back on path.