Step 1: The Basic Setup

You have to assign a space in your house or apartment and actually call it the office or study. Not everybody can dedicate an entire room to books, documents and papers, so just cordon off an area, say a corner either in a bedroom, guestroom or dining room and call it your home office space.

In this space, you will need a table and chair (the most basic will do), on which you will keep your computer or laptop (almost everyone has one), a bookshelf and a filing cabinet. The bookshelf here is not for books only, per se, but for storing unused but important documents. The filing cabinet is for storing day to day paperwork, files and bills. You might as well get a filing cabinet with a couple of extra drawers to store stationary if your study table doesn