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                               HOW TO KEEP MY DESK


                                             ORGANIZED?

                                                     By HanaMatsuda


                                                                  textbooks  on  my  own,  which
                    There       remain    thousands      of       exacerbates the messiness of my desk.
                    questions  that  have  not  been  solved
                    scientifically.   They    are    called       The first thing I did was to clean the
                    mysteries.  At  the  same  time,  several     desk  (Day  0).  I  removed  a  pile  of
                    questions  have  been  asked  over  and       sheets  of  paper  that  were  used  for
                    over again despite that they have well-       studying maths & physics. I put away
                    established,  simple  solutions.  Among       all  the  textbooks  on  the  desk  to
                    them is the one I have long had, "how         designated shelves to make sure there
                    to  keep  my  desk  clean".  Everyone         are only a digital clock, a pencil case,
                    knows all  has to do is to put things         and    a   To-Do      List   on    the
                    away  after  they  used  them.  Yet,  we      aforementioned  map  and  a  calendar
                    can  find  tons  of  articles  on  Google     on the desk.
                    which  introduce  tips  to  keep  our         To  analyze  what  makes  the  desk
                    desks  organized.  I    feel  as  if  these   messy, I decided to take photos of my
                    kinds  of  questions  are  the  true          desk  every  day  at  3  p.m.  This  is  the
                    "mysteries" that need to be tackled. If       time I usually come back home after
                    existing solutions do not work, then I        taking  a  walk.  Here,  some  would
                    have to find another. Thus, from the          argue  that  taking  photos  could
                    beginning  of  April,  taking  advantage      encourage  me  to  keep  my  desk
                    of the extra time I have, I started to        organized.  However,  taking  photos
                    work  to  figure  out  the  best  way  to     does  not  take  time  and  effort,
                    keep my desk clean.                           especially  in  the  current  situation
                    Firstly,  let  me  explain  what  my  desk    where I frequently use a smartphone
                    looks  like.  The  width  of  the  table  is   to take the online classes. Also, I paid
                    about  75cm  long,  and  the  length  is      extra  attention  not  to  clean  my  desk
                    60cm long. Since I got my desk more           just before taking a  photo. I did not
                    than 10 years ago, I have put a world         clean up the desk after taking a photo,
                    map  on  the  desk.  As  I  got  busier,  I   of course.
                    also  put  a  calendar  not  to  miss  any
                    events. The shelf attached to the desk        The  first  two  days  showed  little
                    is filled with textbooks and notebooks        change from Day 0. The photo shows
                    I often use, as it is reachable without       a pencil left on the desk on Day1, but
                    standing.  Due  to  the  current  school      nothing  was  on  the  desk  on  Day  2.
                    closure,  I  have  to  manage  a  lot  of     Day  3  showed  a  minor  change,  a
                                                                  notebook  and  some  pencils  put  on





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