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Tag: sorting out

  • piles, files and dustbins

    In my former incarnation as a lawyer the partner who oversaw my work had piles. No, not like that, he had piles of files. He had one pile of files on the left hand side of his desk that he had to deal with and a pile on the right hand side of the desk…

  • a tidy desk is a sign of…

    It’s been said that “a tidy desk is a sign of a tidy mind”. Or how about, “A tidy desk is a sign of a full desk drawer.” But Albert Einstein apparently said that, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” This week, among…

  • paper, paper everywhere

    One of the things I promised myself is that during my sabbatical leave I would sort out my desk. There are piles of papers that need filing, binning or shredding. There are bits and pieces that need to go back in their proper places. Somewhere there are books still to be read. There are loads…