If you’re the kind of person who keeps their desk as tidy and organised as possible, chances are you’re doing well.
Tidy desk, tidy mind.
If your desk looks like it’s being used by three different people however, with the accompanying clutter that comes with that, you’re in trouble. A messy, cluttered desk does much more damage than you might think.
It doesn’t just make it hard to find things. A messy desk can actually affect your thinking, and ultimately your mental health.
And of course, it will definitely affect your productivity.
If you have a tidy, organised desk, you will be able to concentrate for longer on a task. That level of concentration could lead to the ‘flow state’, where you are incredibly focused on the job at hand. The flow makes you more productive and able to produce the necessary results.
If you don’t have an organised desk, your brain simply cannot focus. Our brains like stuff to be organised. If it isn’t, we suffer on a mental level.
Stress and emotional exhaustion are more likely to be present if you have an untidy desk. Recent research shows that having a cluttered desk leads to stress and emotional exhaustion, which in turn prevents people from making effective work-related decisions, which in turn makes people stressed.
