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by noir_lord 3244 days ago
My desk is trashed everyday and tidied at night with only the things I'll need for the next day left (knolled though I hadn't heard the term).

The top sheet of the pad has a context dump of what I was working on when I left, where I was stuck etc and a single action to take (usually an easy win).

I find that knowing exactly where to start the next day makes momentum easier to pick up and the process of deciding on what to do next morning gets work out my head so I can leave without dwelling on work.

Colleagues sometimes jok about it but their desks look like a grenade hit them and they often can't find anything so I'll take my approach.

I have my own office at work so I make sure that's tidy as well, th cleaners have been asked not to touch it (I prefer they don't move my stuff around)