If you WFH, what's on your desk?

[chocolatesaltyballs22]

Thought I'd start a little light hearted thread amongst all of the doom and nastiness. I have the tiniest desk, and I'm thinking it needs a bit of a clear up. So here's what's on mine:-

Laptop (obvs)
Mouse
Alexa Dot
Chilli's bottle
Ipad
Phone
Handcream x2
Lip balm x2
Airpods x2 (one for laptop, one for ipad)

Oh and the remains of breakfast at the minute! What's on yours?

[itsgettingweird]

My desk is also my dining room table!

When working it has laptop
iPad
Headphones
Cup of coffee!
Stationary box
Magazine file with papers.
Box of tissues

I have a kallax unit in lounge and drawers and it gets out in there when using the table.

And table has tray with salt etc on it.

But if I'm honest the table mostly gets used for working and piling clean laundry that I then have to out away because I'm working

[itsgettingweird]

Oh and when working on laptop from sofa I use a lap tray which also has mostly become mine and ds version of a dining table the past year!!!

[itsgettingweird]

@NastyBlouse

Don't mind me, I'm just here for the photobombing cats

They're fab aren't they

[Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow]

I’m working whilst homeschooling three kids. I have made a standing desk at the kitchen worktop. They work at the kitchen table. I take calls best I can.

It’s ridiculous!!!!! I’m utterly demented

[Sheusedtobesomeonelse]

I love these noisy threads that reassure me !
Have been working on my dining table since march. It all gets cleared away on friday after work and i change the tablecloth too for a different weekend look.
I have my laptop and mouse, a glass and bottle of water, usually a mug empty or not..
My file of crap, a pen and my notebook.
What i have insisted on is having a plant or flowers within my vision too.
My bose speaker for some radio company and if its cold a candle.

I have recently discovered sitting on my wool blanket to keep me warm !

[Plussizejumpsuit]

I use spreadsheets for reporting and work across a few. Plus just have a laptop. So I have a big monitor and a hub to connect all the bits. Including mouse and keyboard

Then:

Laptop stand
Laptop
Lamp
2 pen pits
A basket of fiddle toys
A miffy desk pad for quick notes
2 note books (I have 2 freelance jobs)

Also normally breakfast bowl and cups.

[Plussizejumpsuit]

Oh also new post Christmas additio. My friend got me some wonderful wax melts which I've never used. So got myself a wax melter thing. Really makes it feel lovely.

[SospanFrangipan]

Monitors x2
Keyboard
Mouse
Mousemat
Notebook
Pens x2
Sticky notes
Air pods
Phone
Contact solution
TV remote

[TheHoneyBadger]

Me, a duvet, a dog and a laptop currently. My bed is my desk.

[yomellamoHelly]

2 laptops. (Soon to be joined by a monitor. Cannot wait.
Mobile phone stand
Wireless headphone set and charger
Visualiser
Clock
Pot of pens
Calculator
Stapler Timetable
Hair clip
Pic of dh and one of dc
Button rainbow pic I made

Cup of tea

[ErrolTheDragon]

I also forgot my dachshund-shaped pen, a rack of highlighting pens which look like test use, and a book on machine learning.

[amusedbush]

When I gave my home office a makeover last summer I bought a small dining table instead of a desk so I have plenty of space! I have:

A curved widescreen monitor
A stand so I can use my laptop as a second screen
A plug-in dock so I can hook everything up
Wireless keyboard and mouse
Highlighters
Notebook
Pen
Headphones
Coffee mug

[Ginfordinner]

How do people manage to work with so much clutter?

I find that if I'm surrunded by clutter I can't think clearly.

[ErrolTheDragon]

It becomes invisible when I'm concentrating.

[TheHoneyBadger]

I have actually tried desks but I find sitting on a chair for long really uncomfortable. I'd rather lie, or sit cross legged, on my bed.

I do lots of marking and that's always been a bed job - there's actually lots of rooms for piles on a bed and everything I need is within reach.

At school in the staffroom I will sit on the floor with the laptop on a low level coffee table and work and people always seem perturbed by it. Damn site more comfortable than the rigid chairs facing the wall on offer.

My bedside tables are like filing cabinets for everything I need.

[Ginfordinner]

@ErrolTheDragon

It becomes invisible when I'm concentrating.

It would distract me

[poshme]

@Tocketytickety I also have 2 desks... trough one is now DS workspace so covered in his crap.

I have laptop (on a wooden shelf I made to be the perfect height)
Keyboard & wireless mouse
2 sets of earphones. (Unsure why 2)
Notebook
Empty coffee cup
Pile of papers that need sorting.
My desk is an old fashioned bureau with little drawers & cubby holes at the back which are brilliant. They are full of post it notes, envelopes, pens & random other stuff.
My phone
My iPad
4 buttons.

[ErrolTheDragon]

The pile of research papers I'm supposed to read is particularly good at becoming invisible. It's more that I get distracted by the stuff on the computer tbh.

[JaninaDuszejko]

Laptop and stand, docking station, monitor, keyboard, mouse, mouse mat, notebooks, pens, coaster, carafe and glass. Have ordered a naice desk light in the January sales.

[Sheusedtobesomeonelse]

I also spend a fair few hours working standing up and bending over the table just for a change... In my dream office i would have a desk that would actually allow that.. i'd rather stand than sit half the time!

[Silkiechickscat]

DH's desk

[CherryBlossomTree7]

I don't have a desk. I set up at the dining room table. Usually I have:
My laptop
Laptop charger plugged in
Headset
Cases for headset and laptop
My diary
Notebook
Pen
Two candles (usually one burning)
A glass of squash/metal bottle of water
A coffee/tea/herbal tea depending on the time of day

[Chimeraforce]

My desk is the dining table.
Laptop
Mouse and mat
Tray with guide notes
Pads. I don't have a printer so must read all the financial docs on screen and write the info I actually need onto the pad for each assessment. Fucking long winded.
Pencil case
Calculator
Phone
Charger
Alexa to drown out the builders next door
Usually a cup of tea ☕👍👍

[mogtheexcellent]

Computer
2 monitors
Bricks
More bricks

Livin' the life.

[HasaDigaEebowai]

two monitors
keyboard
mouse
trackpad
laptop
phone
charger
lamp
daylight SAD lamp
mug of pens/pencils
pencil case
client files and paperwork
2 x pads
my general scribble pad for personal/home stuff
glasses and case
handcream
nail file
cardboard daffodil made by DS2 when he was 3
purse
keys
HRT tablets
hairbands and hair clip
random chopstick
2 cards from clients
3 random batteries
can of red bull
jug to catch the water leaking through the roof..