Is There Room For Improvement?

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About a month ago I was listening to a crypto trader on Twitter, speaking about trading psychology and related stuff. He started telling the audience about his weekly routine, that always starts with cleaning his desk. This may sound strange to many as cleaning your desk has nothing to do with crypto trading or strategies, but if you are willing to listen and think as well, you will realize it has a lot of meaning and it is an example to follow, even if you're not a trader.

I had a quick look at my desk, while listening to the guy and could immediately see there's room for improvement there. I'm not talking about my Rubik's cube that I usually use when I need a bit of time to think, or my eraser that is like plasticine and I use it when I need to focus on something.

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I'm not sure how your mind works, but I tend to put things on my desk I don't have time for at that given moment. Like leaflets, books I should read, notes I should clear and so on. These are there to be taken care of the way it should, but if I want to be brutally honest, this is a form of procrastination.

You put the book you should be studying on the desk, hoping to get some free time soon, but that free time never appears in your calendar. Why? Because you never make time as it's not a priority and after some time the whole thing, these objects become part of your room decoration, you get used to them and don't even see them. After some time you don't even know what's in that pile or why it is there.

Such a behavior can lead to narrowing your working space heavily and procrastinating things endlessly, or till you get fed up and decide to clean your desk. Then your happiness lasts for a day or two and you start the whole process from the beginning. You fill up your desk again, with things you don't need, till you have enough and then start cleaning it up. This is a never ending thing.

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No matter how bad it looks, this is the better case, trust me, as there are those who use the desk for storing empty beer cans, soda bottles, used notes, empty food packages, cigarette packs and ashtrays full of cigarette butts. I mentioned the desk, because that's where we tend to spend most of our time, especially if your job is an office job or you're a blogger, and/or a trader. But this example can be extended to artists, musicians and so on.

The problem with this is, there's a good chance that this happens in more areas of your life, not just on your desk and that is not funny anymore, nor is something it should be allowed to grow. Procrastinating things, letting unsolved things to build up in your life can have serous consequences.

There's a saying in Hungarian. Don't leave it for tomorrow, what you can do today. This is the original version, what parents tell their kids from an early age, to teach them to do the right thing. However, there's the funny version of it as well, according to which Don't leave it for tomorrow, what you can do today, leave it for the day after tomorrow as someone may do it in the meantime. We used to laugh and this and make fun of this, but on a more serious note, it's definitely not something you should get used to. Things can roll over, a small problem can become bigger and bigger, till you can't solve it anymore.

National Clean Off Your Desk Day takes place on the second Monday of January each year. When was the last time you cleaned out your workspace? Did you know the average work desk can be 100 times filthier than a kitchen table? Nasty, right? But there’s more. A work desk is probably 400 times less hygienic than an average toilet seat. Hygienic surroundings keep us free from all kinds of diseases. A clean workspace unclutters and inspires. And scientific research says tidy desks make you more efficient. So, take time today for some thorough decluttering and cleaning. source

A Clean Workspace Unclutters And Inspires

Imagine sitting down to your desk, which is full of everything (I intentionally avoided the word sh*t). For me that's a bit depressing as it tells me I have a lot to do and let's be honest, we all want free time, not more work. The other thing that a messy desk does to you is distraction. You can get distracted easily, when you should focus the most, which is not good.

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A view like that would shift my focus away from my work, but a clean desk like that would help me a lot. I don't consider myself a messy person, nor a procrastinator, but there's always room for improvement. 2023 should be another year to focus on improving what I can, whenever I can.

So what about you? How clean is your desk? Are you guilty? Don't lie, try to be honest! 😂

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Hehehe when I started reading this at first and I saw the clean your desk thingy i was literally looking forward to where your post was heading to and I am glad I stayed glued

Cleaning of desk can relates to every aspect of our life and oh boy I am guilty as charged🙈🙈

Would do better😃

Oh my God, after reading your post i feel shameful that I don't usually clean my work space, there are many unnecessary thing placed on my table, that should be removed. Now I'm noticing them and will remove them ASAP. A clean work place improves your productivity for sure.

You don't have to feel shameful, it's never too late. Good that you see the point and maybe from now on you'll be more organized :)

I had to think and rethink about this cleaning thing. !LOLZ. I guess it better works as an analogy. I am so much occupied with cleanliness and organization that my whole time is spent in clearing the mess (being a mother and a house wife that's what my life is all about), I don't get me time unless I let some mess be there for a while.

However, I thought about the whole post content in another way. My work desk is my mind. I keep on collecting clutter there and I am not ready to let things go of there. It is stressful and makes me less productive

This means you have your challenges too :) Well, I think we all find a way once, to deal with it.

All of us have our own challenges. We may find a way but sometimes it is too hard, isn't it?

I agree, sometimes it is hard but we need to find a way, regardless.

Yup. As soon as we find a way, we feel the freedom

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When I was a student I used to clean my desk every time before studying. Now I don't have a base so I don't have a desk, but definitely I will do this when I have it again (hopefully soon 😅)

I'm glad to read I'm not the only one 😂

Don't leave it for tomorrow, what you can do today

Actually, I'm 180° from this. I'm a master procrastinator, and I believe that one should not do today something that can be left for tomorrow. Life is short, and beautiful. No reason to fill it today with actions that can wait and some of them not neccessary.

If it work for you ...

Honestly in seeing the title of your post I rushed to read it, that has been a major problem in my life in almost all areas, I tried fighting it but it wasn't working, as I saw your post it reminded me of another post I saw on atomic habits by James Clear that's actually what anyone needs to win this.

Thanks for stopping by.

Oh yeah mine is pretty clean now because I just cleaned it yesterday. I try to keep everything as clean as possible haha. Because really when my desk is clean I'm more willing to do things, when it's full or dirty I get bored and overwhelmed.

I'm glad to hear you think the same way. It's good to have a clean desk.

We minimalists don´t have issues with cluttered desks :D Mine right now. The only missing item is the phone that I was using to actually take this picture :) Less is more.

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Thanks for the photo! You're really organized.

When you don´t own stuff, it´s easy to be organized :)

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I've gotten much better about keeping my desk clean since adopting a "three things" policy. I don't remember exactly where I read about it, but the author was making the point that having anything more than 3 things going in your work space means you have clutter and distractions.

In turn, I started applying that to my overall tendency to get involved in too many things, and instead now keep my endless distractions to just three things I give energy to.

The funny thing is that it really helps maintain a less cluttered head space, as well!

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You know what, I can relate to this one. My Mom would always ask me why I clean my desk every morning and before bed time. I have one computer, a laptop, and another mini laptop. And she asked me why I have so many gadgets on my desk. Little did she know, when I put my laptop at my desk in the morning, it means I will focus on my school stuff, and when I put it away and then use my mini laptop, it's for my blogging. And there are days when I put those two laptops away and focus on my computer, which is for my freelancing journey.

The point is, I don't overwork myself but I make sure to do tasks as soon as possible. If I want to focus on my studies today, I'd put everything away. And the same goes with my blogging and freelancing. I always clean up my desk, too.

Oh God! So many devices :) I'm glad I only have my laptop, that is more than enough, but I'm glad to hear you can organize things in a nice way, to help you in your work. It's great!

Thank you! Yeah, I love organizing things.