A cluttered desk is filled with potential for distractions. There is considerable evidence that a cleared desk reduces stress levels.
The most useful strategy I’ve found is to spend five minutes at the end of each working day to clear your desk before you finish working in the space. Those few minutes will ensure you start the next day on the front foot.
A clean desk suggests a clean and focused mind. It makes you look efficient accomplished, thorough and organised and will also make you feel this way!
Decide what you absolutely need? Remove everything that is not essential. Use drawers. Keep necessary items at your fingertips, but out of your line of sight.
Whatever projects you have on your desk at the end of day, find a drawer to store it in until you are ready to pull it out and work on it again. Don’t leave unfinished projects on your desk for days on end.
Use Wunderlist (*I love this app!) or other digital notes like Stickies or OneNote, rather than hard copy to do lists or post-it notes.
Remove all unnecessary icons and find a non-distracting image as your wallpaper image. Turn off email and social media notifications when focusing on a task.
We sat down with the CEO and Founder of design-led innovation company Naked Ambition, Fiona Triaca (Fi). Fi works tirelessly to create unique and creative experiences that support her clients to make the changes they want to see in their companies. We were more than a little inspired by our chat.