National Organize Your Home Office Day Date in the current year: March 10, 2026

National Organize Your Home Office Day day was created by freelance writer Lisa Kanarek, author of several books on home office life, including Organize Your Home Office for Success: Expert Strategies That Can Work for You, 101 Home Office Success Secrets, Everything’s Organized, Home Office Life: Making a Space to Work at Home, Home Office Solutions: Creating the Space That Works for You, and Working Naked: A Guide to the Bare Essentials of Home Office Life.

Kanarek launched National Organize Your Home Office Day in 1992. However, the holiday has grown significantly in popularity in recent years due to the increased prevalence of working from home caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. When Kanarek launched the celebration, remote work was just starting to gain broader acceptance, and working from home was the exception rather than the norm. Today, at least one in three households in the United States has a home office, as thousands of people work from home full- or part-time.

When working from home, you can theoretically work anywhere, even in bed. However, most productivity experts agree that having a dedicated office space helps you concentrate and increases your productivity. Of course, not everyone is fortunate enough to have an entire room dedicated to a home office, but a tidy and organized desk will suffice.

National Organize Your Home Office Day is the perfect occasion to declutter your home office. Start by cleaning out your drawers. Throw away anything you don’t need, such as paper balls, non-working pens, old stickers and business cards, etc. Put the things you do need back in the drawer.

Then, clear your desk of everything, wipe the surface, and sort through the items you keep on your desk as you did with the items in your drawers. Don’t forget to clean your keyboard and mouse while you’re at it. Remember that a tidy home office does not have to be sterile or soulless. A potted plant, a motivational poster, or a favorite mug will brighten up your work desk and help you stay motivated while working from home.

Now that you’ve cleaned and organized your desk and drawers, consider doing the same for your work computer. Delete any unnecessary files, sort through folders named “New Folder” or “New Folder111”, and change your passwords if you haven’t done so in a while. If you use your personal computer for work and don’t have a dedicated work computer, make sure your work files, programs, and accounts are separate from your personal ones.

National Organize Your Home Office Day isn’t the only holiday dedicated to organizing your space. National Clean Your Desk Day, for example, is celebrated on the first Monday in January and focuses on organizing your work desk, whether you work from home or in an office. National Organize Your Home Day is celebrated on January 14 and is dedicated to decluttering and organizing your living space.