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There’s something great about having a clean desk. It makes people feel more comfortable when they’re around you in the office and it makes working easier with fewer distractions. How to do it? LifeClever has 10 tips. As usual, here are the titles, visit LifeClever for the full monty:

1. Use a system to manage paper
2. Banish Post-it notes
3. Trash those printouts
4. Keep blank file folders and a label maker at your desk
5. Ritualize your reviews
6. Throw away pens
7. Say no to schwag
8. Take your books home
9. Eat away from your desk
10. Limit photo frames on your desk

Just for the record, my desk has a computer, phone, pen container, 1 small stack of paper and a can of mixed nuts.