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I’ve been reading for years about the paperless office, and at times I thought I’d come close to achieveing it – I was going to diligently scan all receipts and bills, store everything online and do away with those pesky filing cabinets and piles of paper on my desk.

Except it never worked out like that.

I like my to do list in the form of a mindmap, which I then print out every morning – of course after a couple of weeks these to do lists are spread all over my desk with a couple of magazines, the odd bill, paperwork I need to file, empty envelopes and more.

So it was with a smile on my face that I read the latest blog post from my client Harley Grove with many amusing ways to achieve the paperless office – I particularly like the idea of sacking the postie, although then I’d no longer get my lovely deliveries from Little Sunflowers every month, so maybe that’s not a goer.

I know that all I need to do to have less paper around me is to scan more, be more organised and give myself a kick up the bum occasionally, so why can’t I do it?

I’m thinking that I’m actually going to have to get some help in this department, so I’m ready to give Rob at Harley Grove a call and ask for a trial run of some of his paperless office software – I’ll have a clear desk yet!