A classic bedroom desktop.
It's been a while since I've blogged. Though to look for inspiration, I don't even have to leave my desk. It's worthy of a clutter case study. However, I'm not going to criticise my own desk, so I'll tell you about the stuff on my friend's desk when I sat down to research at it the other day...
Here is some of the clutter that was present and what it did to my concentration:
| Object... Mug with pic of Will and Kate kissing Kitchen Roll DVD Mobile phone battery Scrap of paper My hair (not desktop, but hey). | Thoughts inspired by object... "Ooh - Will and Kate" "She has kitchen roll. I don't have kitchen roll. I should get some. Then I could wipe up spills. I can't believe she has some already." "I'll use that as a ruler. 12 Angry Men. Good film. Black and white. Didn't the walls move in throughout the film?" Jaysus. What do I do with that? Where did I see a phone recycling bank? Was it a hospital? Or a pharmacy? I'll NEVER find it again... "'Co-enzyme 10'. Ooh, I can read upside down, My haiir - so familiar but a bit annoying right now. I'll just twist (most of) it away. Now there's a crest on my jumper. White, green, gold, navy, blue. |
These objects were really competing for my attention. I'm a distractable creature at the best of times and it slowed me down considerably.
TIPS : HOW TO BUST / COPE WITH DESKTOP CLUTTER
1. Infrastructure: In Tray and Filing Tray = good (use them). Out Tray not required. Penholder is useful. Recycling bin should be within shooting distance.
2. Take a little time to declutter at the beginning or end of your session/day. You will look, feel and be more organised. Is your paperwork active, archive or shredder food? Bunch together relevant active paperwork and secure with bulldog clips.
3. Thoroughly undo one piece of tricky, sticky clutter (eg phone battery above).
4. Non-desk stuff. If you have a lot of foreign objects on your desk, put them in a basket, bucket or basin and return them to their place. If you don’t have time to declutter, you have to focus all the more on your tasks. Regularly ask yourself “What am I doing?”.
5. Lastly but not leastly, keep a clear pathway to your desk, control wires and cables, protect legroom.
Al ataque!
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