I love a clean desk.  I rarely have a completely clean desk.  But, I do try to keep it clean.  My husband, on the other hand does not have a clean desk and rarely tries to clean it.  It bugs me to no end.  I can not understand how he even works on it.  You can’t even find a place to put a cup of coffee.  He boasts a sign on his desk (if you can find it) that reads, “A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind.”  He really believes this.  I think the sign is sick.  I  have pitched it in the trash a couple of times, but he digs it out and puts it back.

Unclutterer agrees with me, so I must be right.  At least I am Mostly Organized.

Keeping a clean workspace isn’t the only key to being successful at your job, but it doesn’t hurt. Yes, there are some people with tidy desks who don’t have the best work ethic and there are people with messy desks who are invaluable to their companies. But, as a rule of thumb, it can be more efficient to have a well organized workspace. An organized workspace allows you to focus on the task at hand rather than losing focus while looking for a misplaced paper or file.

Merlin Mann over at 43 Folders talks about purging and purging big. 

My past attempts at removing clutter have consistently bottlenecked at a few common points. Often I wasn’t really committed to the idea of a full purge, so I’d ignore whole boxes of memorabilia. Other times, my goal was primarily aesthetic, so I’d end up shoveling things into pretty boxes and “organizers”. But I finally realized what’s reallybeen stopping me from accomplishing anything substantial. It’s so simple and so dumb that I’m embarrassed to admit it: my garbage can was too small.

I need to do some much needed purging also, but I think I need to buy a dumpster!