declutter

I just keep a black pen, some sticky notes and a ream of printer paper next to my desk, and that's all I need for day-to-day needs.

However, we have a briefcase full of paper, envelopes, staplers, glue… and a few unidentified objects of the stationery kind:

I have simply removed everything that was double (or sextuple), or broken, or kept 'just in case' (Christmas-green cardboard, I am looking at you). It will be brought in to work, or thrown away, once Dr B. gives his approval.

The rest fit back into the briefcase – only this time we can actually see what we have got: