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The desk reset: Five fixes that give you your desk back

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Monachino, A. (2026, September 24). The desk reset: Five fixes that give you your desk back. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/the-curator/12039440/home-and-work-office-organization/

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Global News · collected 2026-09-24 · by Adriana Monachino

Quick Summary

The article provides five quick tips to declutter and organize your desk, emphasizing the importance of having a designated place for all items. It starts by addressing cable management, suggesting solutions for reducing clutter caused by cords and power bars. Next, it recommends using a desktop shelf to store collectibles properly, thereby freeing up workspace. The third tip involves organizing active paper documents, distinguishing between immediate-use papers and those that need filing. For headphone users, the article suggests finding better storage options to minimize desk space usage. Lastly, it tackles deep drawer organization by repurposing these spaces for more efficient use or suggesting alternative storage solutions.
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Story summary

A Global News article by Adriana Monachino offers five tips to help desk users organize their workspace efficiently, emphasizing the importance of decluttering for productivity. The author begins by highlighting how a messy desk can impact work efficiency and suggests that organizing can be done in short bursts throughout the day rather than one big cleanup session. One recommended fix is addressing tangled cables and cluttered power bars, which often cause visual chaos despite an otherwise clear desk surface. Another tip involves finding proper storage for collectibles and career-related items like books and photos to maintain a neat appearance while still personalizing the workspace.

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Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
63/100
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Outlets on this story
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Global News · 2670 article(s) · 11 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

Adriana Monachino
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Narrative

It’s easy to overlook the importance of keeping your workspace organized, and that’s exactly why I’ll walk you through 5 super-quick fixes for the biggest organizing woes your desk is causing.
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The desk reset: Five fixes that give you your desk back · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 3 hedged)

The Curator independently decides what topics and products we feature. asserted
we → decide → topics
When you purchase an item through our links, we may earn a commission. uncertain
we → purchase → commission
Let’s start with the most important thing: no one makes their desk messy on purpose. asserted
desk → let → purpose
It happens one item at a time, and it’s very easy to overlook. asserted
it → happen → time
But a messy desk can hurt your productivity and, at the very least, break the golden rule of organizing: everything must have a home. asserted
everything → hurt → home
It’s easy to overlook the importance of keeping your workspace organized, and that’s exactly why I’ll walk you through 5 super-quick fixes for the biggest organizing woes your desk is causing. asserted
desk → ’ → woes
This won’t take hours; it just takes a few moments throughout your day to tackle each project. asserted
it → take → project
1. Start With the Cable Nest We all have it: a power bar with six things plugged into it, a knot of cords, and a thick layer of dust. asserted
We → start → dust
This makes even a completely clear desk feel like total chaos. asserted
desk → make → chaos
2. Give Collectibles a Proper Home Most of us have things on our desks we’ve collected throughout our careers that we actually like and are proud of: books, photos, collectibles. asserted
we → give → books
They clutter up the desk even though they are well-intentioned. asserted
they → clutter → desk
A desktop shelf lifts up and reveres these collected treasures, and gives you back the working surface. asserted
shelf → lift → surface
You may also like: 3. Give Active Paper Somewhere to Land There is a difference between paper you need this week and paper you need to file, and most people only have a system for the latter, leaving the former in an annoying stack beside the keyboard, or worse, scattered all over the desktop. uncertain
people → like → desktop
4. Home for Headphones Lots of us use headphones at our desks. asserted
Lots → use → desks
They’re big, clunky, and take up as much space as a birthday cake. asserted
They → ’re → cake
Many standard office desks in a cubicle have (at least) one deep drawer built for hanging file folders. asserted
desks → have → folders
Almost nobody uses it for that anymore. asserted
nobody → use → that
So it becomes a pit where supplies, work bags, snacks, cables, and corporate swag hang out in a completely disorganized fashion, of course. asserted
supplies → become → course
You may also like: uncertain
You → like → ?
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