Whether you are setting up a brand new office or organizing an existing one, chances are you have all types of things on your desk. If you’re relatively organized already, you might have only some stacks of paperwork, a few pens, some paper clips, some objects you enjoy, and maybe some notes to yourself. If you’re not at all organized, you might have old batteries, food, magazines, and who knows what else.

Guess what? It all has to go. Not necessarily into the wastebasket, but into files, into drawers, onto shelves, or onto a surface other than your desk. The only papers on your desk should be the ones you are referring to; the only objects should be ones you use often.

A messy desk is not the sign of a creative mind, nor, as I often hear is a clean desk the sign of a sick mind. Some people honestly believe that a clear desk will prevent them from being creative, while others realize that a cluttered desk often leads to a cluttered mind.

If you like to keep your desk buried and find that works for you, nothing I say will convince you to change your ways. However, if the clutter starts to interfere with your productivity, make a few modifications along the guidelines that follow.

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