Whether at home or at the office, organization is important.  Your productivity and efficiency can hinge on your ability to locate things quickly and easily.  Unfortunately, being busy often keeps us from finding the time to clean up our workspace and get our desk organized.  Sounds a bit like the “chicken or the egg” argument, doesn’t it?  Well, it’s time to make a change and we have some tips to help you out.

With any computer workspace there are a few standard hurdles to overcome.  Cables, monitors, speakers and peripherals are necessities, but take up valuable desk space and limit your “elbow room.”  Honestly, once you get all these things set up in the small bit of real estate that your office allows you, what room is there for actual work?  In most cases, the answer is as simple as a bigger desk or cubicle.  Unfortunately, due to space constraints and budgets, this easy answer is often impossible.  It is going to be up to you and a small amount of money to seize back your workspace and your sanity.

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