We want to create a system that makes haphazard reminders unnecessary. They keep paperwork on their desks are reminders of what they have to do with it. People are using their desks as to do lists. There’s a lot of psychobabble surrounding the reasons behind why people have messy desks, but the real reason is much simpler than explanations offered by personal organizing gurus. The clean desk doesn’t create that clarity the organization that leads to the clean desk is what does the trick. All the extraneous paper in your visual field may not seem like a distraction right now, but once you remove it, and more importantly, have a place to remove it to, you’ll gradually start to crave the clarity of focus a clean desk reflects. If the goal of filing is neatness, I’d agree, but the real objective is something more practical: removing distractions. Think of clutter management as information hygiene.įew things in life seem as boring as organizing your filing system.
#UNCLUTTER DESK FREE#
If you’re willing to put in a few hours to set up the general reference filing system I describe, you’ll not only find it easy to keep your desk free of clutter, but you get to the point where seeing extraneous paperwork build up on your desk will feel as unsettling as not showering. My current job involves zero paperwork, but in my previous, paper-based job, I was able to manage a mountain of paperwork while maintaining a pristinely clean desk. I don’t do what I’m about to recommend, at least not anymore.
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