Look at your layout
Make sure things are logically placed for easy reach. Put frequently-used items, such as your phone or supplies, on your dominant side so you don't have to reach across. Your monitor should be at eye-level, and about 17-inches from your body.
Keep an eye on your supplies
Things you use frequently can be on your desk; anything used once or twice a week should go in a drawer. Keep similar things together, such as all your pens and pencils, so as to not disturb your work flow when you have to get up for something important.
Easy on the post-its!
We all like a post-it, and they're great to remind us of passwords, or that important deadline. Try to keep these to a minimum though - they can easily build up and create clutter and chaos, and they don't look very professional!
Keep personal items to a minimum
It's nice to show your personality, and to show off your family, by having personal nick-knacks and pictures on our desks. However, too many can easily clutter the space, and cause distraction. Try to keep to one or two items, and a picture frame, to keep things minimal, but still personalised.
Control your inbox
Email is great, except when you have 200+ sitting in your inbox, and you can't tell what's important and what isn't. To keep email from distracting you, try filing them away as soon as they're dealt with, or flagging them if they need coming back to. If you find yourself constantly stopping important work to deal with an email there-and-then, why not set times where you will deal with your email, i.e. every 2 hours for 15 minutes, and anything that comes through at other times can wait. By funnelling your focus in this way, you'll find you get more done, and don't feel so overwhelmed by constantly replies!
Embrace white space
Try to keep a space to the side of you, so you always have somewhere to keep documents that need reviewing. That way you won't find yourself fighting for space.
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