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# The case for a smaller desk
- URL: https://thomasgravy.github.io/missive/the-case-for-a-smaller-desk/
- Published: 2026-07-12T07:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T21:46:53.000Z
- Description: I halved the size of my desk and doubled the amount of work I finished. A short report.
- Author: Clara Moreau
- Tags: Attention

In March I gave away my big oak desk. It had room for two monitors, a scanner, three stacks of proofs and a plant that was slowly giving up on me. The new desk is barely wider than my shoulders.

Here is what I noticed. A small desk cannot hold unfinished things. Every evening I have to decide what stays and what goes, and that small decision turns out to be the most useful ten minutes of my day.

> Clutter is just a list of decisions you have not made yet.

I am not suggesting you saw your desk in half. But it might be worth asking what your workspace lets you avoid deciding.