Getting out of the paper habit
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Working in the cloud
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My boss wants us to work as much in the cloud as possible. The more we do virtually, as her thinking goes, the less we spend on paper products. So we don't have wall or desk calendars, and just about all inner-office document sharing is done in Google Docs.
I agree with the premise. The more work we can do without wasting paper, the more trees we save, right?
Call me old school, but for me, breaking the paper habit is easier said than done. I like being able to glance at my desk calendar as I settle in with to see what I have scheduled for the day. I like having sticky notes handy for jotting down notes during a phone call. And last but not least, I can edit better on a sheet of paper than I can on a screen.
But in the interest of living greener, I've decided to adapt. I've started keeping track of my personal appointments through the calendar function on my phone, and I've started keeping track of analytic data and work events on the calendar connected to my work email, setting up alerts to help me remember. (After six months of trying to be more paper-free at work, I've missed one event so far. Hopefully, that's the last one.) I skip printing out articles and documents for editing and proofreading, hoping that the more I do it on the screen, the better I'll get at doing so.
As far as for jotting down quick notes, though, I still use any sheet of paper that's nearby. That's the one thing I've yet to give up.
It's slow going, but I'm trying.
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