3. see what’s left on your desk. Do you find paper clips, pencils, rubber bands, non-school-related items taken from students, and so on? You need to find a home in your desk drawer for these things. Take a look in there-did you recoil in horror? If so, get organized. You can buy inexpensive plastic containers of various shapes to hold all the miscellaneous desk supplies now cluttering the top of your desk, or use smaller cardboard boxes. If you want some items such as pencils, pens, and paper clips on your desk, then get a cup for writing tools and a holder for your paper clips.