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The Minimalist Desk Challenge: Reduce to 10 Items

2026-09-04 5 min read

The minimalist desk challenge: for one week, keep only 10 items on your desk surface. Everything else goes in drawers, shelves, or storage. Allowed items: monitor (and arm), keyboard, mouse, phone, one pen, one notebook, desk lamp, water bottle, plant or personal item, one more item of your choice. Everything else must be off the surface. After one week, you will notice what you actually missed. Most people find they do not need half the items they kept on their desk.

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