10 Tips for a Neater Desk
by Jenna Grady & Leah Caras (Larson)
Here are some great tips for keeping your desk neat, organized, and useful.
1. Make sure you have the basic supplies: pens, pencils, white out, tape, post-it notes, paper clips, scissors, highlighters, lined paper, and envelopes.
2. Buy clear or semitransparent containers to hold things like erasers, pencils and bottles of ink. Having clear or semitransparent containers is useful because you can see what is in the containers.
Another idea: If you don’t want clear containers, try storing things in different shape containers (Such as all your pens could be stored in circle containers, and all your erasers in square containers.)
3. Have drawers, files or some other storage unit. Label the drawers or sections with titles like “Old school work” or “Drawing paper” or “Fancy stationary”.
4. Have shelves near your desk to hold text- books, reading books, dictionaries and thesauruses.
5. Purchase or make a “letter box” to store old letters.
6. Pick a time every week to clean your work-space. (Such as every Sunday after doing homework.) This way your desk won’t get so messy that you don’t know where to begin cleaning.
If you do let your desk get out of hand, try cleaning your desk in stages. File or store anything that you want, and throw away or recycle the rest.
7. Keep a spare notebook handy for you to jot down sudden thoughts. It could be a new story idea, a question to ask your teacher, or a reminder about babysitting that night.
8. Write notes to yourself (this is when post- it notes come in handy). If there’s something you think you’ll forget, post the note in a visible place.
9. Keep a calendar nearby. This will help you keep track of school assignments and your personal schedule.
10. Make your desk a pleasant place to be. Frame photographs you like or add little acces- sories that make your desk you. If you like your desk, you’ll be motivated to keep it neat, and you’ll enjoy working there.
Do you have more tips for keeping your space neat? Comment below!
My mother bought me a big storage container to keep all my pens, pencils, and other loose things. It is amazing and helps me tremendously.
I know!
this is awesome!!! my room used to look like a hurrican so I need to take control now
These seem like good tips, I’ll try it next time I clean my desk! :)
my desk has 2 levels. the top half one i use for storage and usually its pretty neat considering ihave2 or 3 different containors to keep things in and one of them is one of those mini 3 drawer things that i keep pens pencils scissors glue etc. in the other layer i use for writing on
sorry forgot 2 put my name! its yael
I find having all your stuff out is a bit stupid, cuz fot me while I’m gone my siblings will come in and now every thing they like to play with is organized! And then they go and mess everything up and take everything….
well it doesnt have any drawers and my siblings arent allowed in my room and they wouldnt do that because my youngest sibling is 9
Yes, cleaning in stages is a very good idea, but not one idea always works for every girl. My siblings aren’t allowed in my room, either, so the only person who could mess up my things is me. ;) When my things get out of hand, I do pick one day that I am bored and have absolutely nothing to do and just dump everything onto the floor, then clean it up carefully. It takes an hour sometimes, but I am pleased with the result. Which reminds me. My nightstand has been waiting to be dusted and cleaned…….
Cud you please write your last name so no one confuses us? :)
I have the messiest desk anyone’s ever seen! These tips, I’m sure, will help me have a neater area! If not… we’ll just say half of my room will look like a tornado hit it. My papers are flying everywhere and I can’t get to anything without making something else fall! I hope this idea works!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!