About Today: What's Wrong With a Messy Desk?

Today In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Jen Hubley Regular readers of this newsletter know that I am not a naturally tidy person. In fact, a small cloud of junk mail and partially completed to-do lists follows me wherever I go. For this reason, you won't be shocked to hear that in the clean desk vs. messy desk battle, I side with messy.   In the Spotlight What's Wrong With a Messy Desk? "But I have a system." Every messy person you know says this, but in my case it's true. These precarious leaning piles? Are actually a filing system so advanced they can't be deciphered by anyone but me.              More Topics The Screening Room: TV Talk, News & Gossip About.com Did Billy Mays Die of a Head Injury? First Aid In Season Fruits & Vegetables Local Foods Find Storage Space in Your Home Budget Decorating Top 10 Indie Romantic Movies World Film 4 Ways to Make Money with Contests Contests & Sweepstakes Follow Us on Twitter! About.com Video: How to Organize Your Desk But let's just say your clutter isn't a finely tuned instrument of productivity. Let's say it's actually driving you crazy, that you want to clean it up and don't know where to start. Start here.   Organizational Tips for Messy Students When I was a student, I was always the kid who had to stay late to clean out her desk. Of course, then the issue wasn't just clutter. It was clutter, an old sandwich, and 27 illegally passed notes. Even I can't justify all that.     Sponsored Links   Cats Photo Quiz Boy Cat or Girl -- Can You Figure it Out? Think you can tell a boy cat from a girl cat just by looking at a photo? It may not be as easy as you think: even gender-based color patterns can be misleading. Click here to take the quiz. Today Ads TAPPAHANNOCK Closet Wedding Decorating Decorating Rooms Closet Clutter Kitchen Decorating Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Arts & Entertainment Automotive Careers Citysearch Cities & Towns Computing & Technology Education Food & Drink Health & Fitness History Hobbies & Games Homework Help House & Home Industry & Business Magazines Money News & Issues Parenting & Family People & Relationships Religion & Spirituality Shopping & Style Small Business Sports Teens Travel Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter as khalifasoft.blog@BLOGGER.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=todaysl&e=khalifasoft.blog@BLOGGER.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.