The New York Times has a guide to shopping for desk organizers. Prices range from $19 to $284. LOL. My favorite passage, which quotes “a London-based interior designer”:
“It’s important for your mind to have a really nice desk to work from, so when you come and sit down, it doesn’t just feel like a mess,” Ms. [Kelly] Hoppen said.LOL again.
That’s where a desk organizer comes in — soothing frayed nerves by establishing a sense of order, with everything you need right where you need it.
But I do believe in desk organizers. Here’s my desk, before and after the addition of a Muji plastic tray for pens and pencils ($7 or so, I think):
[Without. 2015.]
[With. 2020. Click either image for a larger desk.]
You can see, right away, the difference the organizer makes, even if it’s difficult to spot the organizer.
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LOL
I love photos of people's work areas. I enjoyed enlarging these photos and looking at the details.
Burt's Bees lip balm?
Looks like you've traded Death Comes for the Archbishop (did you get that from your Toyota dealer) for Goodnight Moon!
This reminds me of the joke about the person using a self-help book to improve her/his vocabulary. “My vocabulary used to be small. Now it’s big.”
LOL to both of youse. Yes, Burt’s Bees, and yes, Goodnight Moon. I wasn’t trying to hide it — it’s in situ. (Check my vocab, Elaine.)
Although it was moved, that thermostat was on your desk for 5 years! Is your desk temperature controlled?
Yes, I work in year-round comfort. I snagged that thermostat — the classic Henry Dreyfuss design — when we had new ones installed. Our plumbing and heating guy, Rick Veach, totally understood — he collected old gauges. I also have the metal nameplate from our old furnace and a cabinet-maker’s nameplate from a bathroom vanity that we replaced.
P.S.: It’s still there.
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