Are you grumbling and sludging back into office life this January after the holiday season? Are you having a hard time finding things and managing the paperwork overflowing from 2022? This is a good time of year to tidy up and organize so your mind is clear and ready for all this year has to offer. We hope you’re ready to tackle the office clean because do we have a cleaning checklist for you!

Tidy Your Desk

Go out with the old and in with the new by taking out that stack of paper on your desk or in your desk or around your desk and going through it. Get rid of the paper material you no longer need cluttering your work area. Organize your area so you know you will enjoy coming to sit at your desk. Put the pens in the holder, put out your wall or desk calendar, insert your monitor riser, and get the ergonomic mouse. We spend a lot of time at our desks each day and it can be difficult to focus when we have a lot of physical junk in our view. If you feel you don’t have the time, split up the task into bite-sized manageable bites of 10 or 15 minutes per day and put it on the calendar so you don’t forget. It’s a positive change you’ll benefit from, and it’s so worth it.

Hire a Commercial Janitorial Team

If your company is in WA, OR, or ID, our team would love to provide our premier janitorial services to you! We know it’s not enjoyable to come to work when the carpets aren’t vacuumed and there’s mold growing in the restrooms. At MSNW, we make sure trashes are emptied, toilets are cleaned, and paper is in the paper towel dispensers. We never want you to worry about the cleanliness of your facility. It is always our intention to take care of all your janitorial needs for you so you can focus on what you do best.

Tidy Your Inbox

Take time to unsubscribe from marketing emails that no longer serve you. Review your inbox and delete emails that are irrelevant and important to you. Create a folder system and stick to it. You can label folders in your inbox with specific topics, so when you get an email within that topic, you can put it in the folder rather than leave it cluttered in your inbox.

Clean Out that Supply Closet

We all know it can be so easy to tuck away a few things here and there in the supply closet until it’s full to the brim. Unfortunately, bursting supply closets don’t boost productivity or help with anything at all. Go through the closet and create separate piles so that you can source some plastic bins and put the separate themed piles in each bin. Bust out your label maker and get fancy with it so anyone can glance at the labels and know what they can expect to find in those bins. This system will ensure everyone is more efficient when looking for supplies.

Give the Kitchen and Lunch Area a Deep Clean Revamp

Almost nothing is worse than lunchroom grime. Most of us don’t want to eat food in a place where floors are sticky, ovens are full of soot, and the dishwasher is molding over. It’s difficult to have an appetite in that environment.

Fortunately, we have an excellent team of commercial cleaners at MSNW who are trained in deep cleaning and special services such as hard floor care, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, and more. If you have a special cleaning project, you can call our team at 360.366.4600 and we’ll take care of it for you. Often, we don’t even realize things are starting to get nasty until it is far from clean and that can be difficult to manage on your own when you already have office tasks to take care of that don’t include deep cleaning anything.

We hope you find this list encouraging and take the time to implement these small changes at your place of work. Now you can focus with renewed energy on your tasks and not feel dragged down by the excess and clutter of 2022. Now you can welcome 2023 with open, uncluttered arms.