How Can I Make My Desk Look Nice?
You spend a great deal of your waking hours at your desk. Enough that it should be a pleasant space to be. For positive and productive vibes, you should make your desk look nice. So how do you do that? By organizing your space and using simple touches that bring some easiness and joy to your work space.
That sounds simple, but doesn’t give you much to go on. Let’s dive more into how to quickly make your desk space a nice space a place you want to be.
How Can I Make My Desk Productive?
You’re in the flow. You’re answering calls, responding to emails, adding important information to those documents your boss sent over — and then all of a sudden you can’t find that one post-it note your colleague gave you the other day with the numbers you need.
Or you can’t find your pen.
Or in the middle of a call, you accidentally tug on one cord and now everything has shifted across your whole desk and everything is in disarray.
It’s easy to discount your desk space as just a place you work, but it actually heavily affects your productivity when you are working in an environment that isn’t congruent to productivity.
You need to get organized!
This is a common enough problem that there have been many products made to make this easy for you, so let’s look at what you have on your desk and how you can best organize it.
Do you have a lot of pens? Consider a colorful coffee mug or a pen pot to tuck them away.
If you have pens and other small objects, you can find organizers specifically meant to hold a miscellaneous assortment of tiny objects, including pens, paper clips, post-it notes, and everything else that accumulates throughout your days.
Do you have a lot of papers? Pick up a tray for paper and it will all stay in its designated corner of your space. You’ll feel a lot more relaxed once you don’t have to worry about papers spilling off your desk or ending up under a wet coffee mug.
Don’t underestimate the power of under desk storage! You can stick a small set of drawers in one corner for all those objects you don’t need regularly but do need to keep around. This is great because it saves you desktop space and keeps your desk from seeming cluttered. Too much clutter can feel claustrophobic.
What Can I Add to Make My Desk Fun?
Small personal touches can make your desk a fun place to be that feels more relaxed. This will be individual to you. A good rule is to have one item that isn’t “productive” except to be fun. Too many objects will feel cluttered. A lot of people choose something alive for this. A cactus, a succulent, or flowers are a good choice. Nature is calming and adds a bit of color.
You should also find something that makes you smile to add to your desk. This can be your one object that serves no purpose, but can also be something like a silly coffee mug, a stapler shaped like a dog, or anything else that makes you smile when you see it. Don’t over think this. Go with your gut.
How Do You Organize Wires?
It’s almost a guarantee that you have cords to deal with. For your computer, your headset, your phone charger, your printer, and anything else you need to plug in. In the modern age, dealing with cords as clutter has become a major problem. Pick up some easy to use cable clips to keep your desk organized and avoid ever having a yanked cord destroy your work space again.
How Do You Use Round Cable Clips?
The best cable clips make this really easy. While there are a lot of solutions out there, the best ones are made with a foamed rubber instead of a hard plastic. This makes it so you can easily pull back the clip to add the wire or pull it out, while still keeping it firmly in place when you’re going about your day.
The best round cable clips will also be peel and stick. All you’ll need to do is pull a paper off the back of the clip, stick it to any clean surface, and then gently place your cord inside. With only a few seconds, you’ve organized your desk!
Conclusion
For a productive work space you actually feel comfortable working in, you need to be organized and add a little bit of fun to your space. This will relieve stress and also feel more at home for you.
One of the first things everyone will need to do is organize their cords. This cable clip organizer solution is one of the best out there if you want something easy to use that’s also small enough to keep things out of sight.
Once you’re organized and have a space that feels comfortable for you, you’ll be on your way to a more productive work day.
Originally published at https://www.bluekeyworld.com on February 4, 2020.
