| Страници во темата: [1 2] > | Poll: How often do you tidy your desk/workspace? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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Ангола
Local time: 00:54
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All things related to a specific job are cleared at the end of that job... so it's never tidy -the next job is waiting-, except when I have/take the time to clean it thoroughly and/or leave on a holiday.
| | | | | Brutally honest | Jul 19, 2010 |
If I write this down like a confession, I will have to do something about it...
I have to clear my desk occasionally because it is needed by someone else, but my cubby hole, where everything gets stashed, is a disaster area. And I didn't clear that out last summer, but moved onto a supplementary one instead. Now I have started clearing out the first one, and it's quite liberating, since if I haven't needed any of that stuff all year, then I can probably safely chuck it out. (I am so... See more If I write this down like a confession, I will have to do something about it...
I have to clear my desk occasionally because it is needed by someone else, but my cubby hole, where everything gets stashed, is a disaster area. And I didn't clear that out last summer, but moved onto a supplementary one instead. Now I have started clearing out the first one, and it's quite liberating, since if I haven't needed any of that stuff all year, then I can probably safely chuck it out. (I am so reluctant to throw things away in case they might be useful in the future that I have been known to rescue them from the bin after repenting at having thrown them away in the first place). At the moment I have taken several boxes of paper out to be recycled, the table is covered in teetering piles of semi-classified stuff - and the cubby hole is still only half empty.
Having bared all, I shall now go and carry on with that task. ▲ Collapse
| | | | John Cutler 
Шпанија
Local time: 00:54
шпански на англиски
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Is it OK if I decline to comment? 
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Vibeke Lindstad
Норвешка
Local time: 00:54
Член (2010)
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| At the end of each working day | Jul 19, 2010 |
Cleaning the desk is a a nice way to round off the day, and a routine that makes it possible to be met by a tidy work area the next morning. A dusty desk filled with paper, empty teacups, open books and a browning banana skin is just too much for me early in the morning. A bit of tidiness never hurts.
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Do you really need to know it, or I can hide for a while and think about it?
let's put it this way. everything is piled up in a very tidy mountain
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Бразил
Local time: 19:54
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| Hmmm, other...sort of... | Jul 19, 2010 |
I don't really have a "workspace." I translate sitting on my bed, and have gotten so used to it that I don't like sitting up at a desk or table any more. I have a laptop, so it works out fine. And I really don't have any "stuff" to make clutter, since I don't use paper, and I only have two paper dictionaries.
I cracked up at "when I can't move the mouse around any more" -- ha!
| | | | Jenn Mercer
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 18:54
Член (2009)
француски на англиски
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| When it is time | Jul 19, 2010 |
I admit this roughly corresponds to "when I can't move the mouse," but it is most directly related to a feeling of "I just can't take this anymore!" I am honestly there right now, but I have so much work, I cannot take the half-day to do a complete desk rearrangement. I am having overheating issues with my laptop that are related to getting a monitor stand which has itself solved a lot of problems. Now I am waiting for a clear space with no work so I can remove everything from my desk, unearth t... See more I admit this roughly corresponds to "when I can't move the mouse," but it is most directly related to a feeling of "I just can't take this anymore!" I am honestly there right now, but I have so much work, I cannot take the half-day to do a complete desk rearrangement. I am having overheating issues with my laptop that are related to getting a monitor stand which has itself solved a lot of problems. Now I am waiting for a clear space with no work so I can remove everything from my desk, unearth the laptop from underneath the stand, put the drawer back in the stand(removed as a temporary fix for the overheating), and dust everything. Then, I will tackle 'my corner' in which I chuck less frequently needed dictionaries, unpack the box from the last big desk move (about a year ago), and the angels will sing, the heavens will open, and there will be peace on earth. ▲ Collapse
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Mirella Soffio
Италија
Local time: 00:54
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| In between jobs | Jul 19, 2010 |
There's something cathartic about decluttering your workspace before tackling a new project and soon after finishing the previous one, particularly when both projects are large-ish.
Mirella
| | | | Caro Maucher
Германија
Local time: 00:54
Член (2005)
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| As I go along... | Jul 19, 2010 |
so it's never really tidy. But never in chaos either. I usually know where to find things, so I guess that's tidy to me, even if it doesn't necessarily look that way to others. (c:
| | | | Evans (X)
Local time: 23:54
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| the world is just too interesting to be tidy | Jul 19, 2010 |
The main problem is that I am a magpie for interesting stuff, so as well as all my work materials I always have piles of newspaper cuttings, articles, pictures, ideas I've written down, most of which defy classification. The inside of my computer must look the same, but the system forces a certain amount of classification on me, and I can't see it all at once like I can in the real world.
I moved house last December, which forced me to tidy my tiny office properly for the first time... See more The main problem is that I am a magpie for interesting stuff, so as well as all my work materials I always have piles of newspaper cuttings, articles, pictures, ideas I've written down, most of which defy classification. The inside of my computer must look the same, but the system forces a certain amount of classification on me, and I can't see it all at once like I can in the real world.
I moved house last December, which forced me to tidy my tiny office properly for the first time in four years - and I chucked lots of stuff away. I have now managed to replicate the disorganised chaos of my old office in my new everso slightly larger one. It must mean I feel safe thus way. I know where everything is, honest! ▲ Collapse
| | | | mediamatrix (X)
Local time: 18:54
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Three reasons:
I reckon a tidy desk is a sign that the occupant hasn’t got enough work to do.
I know for a fact that if I tidied my desk I would never be able to find anything.
I fail to see any virtue in wasting time ‘tidying’ a workplace to make it less efficient as a place to do work.
The last time my desk was 'empty' was when I moved house. And even then, I carefully stored each pile of stuff in a separate, labelled, box so that, on ... See more Three reasons:
I reckon a tidy desk is a sign that the occupant hasn’t got enough work to do.
I know for a fact that if I tidied my desk I would never be able to find anything.
I fail to see any virtue in wasting time ‘tidying’ a workplace to make it less efficient as a place to do work.
The last time my desk was 'empty' was when I moved house. And even then, I carefully stored each pile of stuff in a separate, labelled, box so that, on arrival at destination, I could restore each item to its original place on my desk, ready for instant random-access retrieval as before.
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Nicole Schnell
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 15:54
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Во сеќавање на | Being able to move your mouse around is important | Jul 19, 2010 |
Which is why I bought a smaller mouse.
| | | | Mary Worby
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 23:54
Член
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Amy Duncan wrote:
I don't really have a "workspace." I translate sitting on my bed, and have gotten so used to it that I don't like sitting up at a desk or table any more. I have a laptop, so it works out fine. And I really don't have any "stuff" to make clutter, since I don't use paper, and I only have two paper dictionaries.
I cracked up at "when I can't move the mouse around any more" -- ha!
Except I sit on the sofa!
| | | | | Or you get a trackball. | Jul 19, 2010 |
I do try to keep the workspace neat, but it doesn't seem to stick.
Instead of getting a smaller mouse, get a trackball! (causes less RSI issues) and has a smaller workspace requirement! Clutter away!
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