Looking for a ready-made system to help you organize your desk (and your time!) more effectively? Here are a few of my favorite sites -
>FlyLady.net and The Control Journals
“The Control Journal is your own personal manual for listing and keeping track of your routines. You can use a notebook, a binder, or even a scrapbook, [...]

A desk with all the accouterments is perfect, but if your basic piece of equipment is a table, or a shelf installed in a closet, then you may need various supplementary items to store everything:
> A two-drawer file cabinet, preferably of “letter size” width, should take care of most storage requirements. You can stand it [...]

A desk doesn’t really have to be a desk. All you really need is a surface to write on or a place to park your laptop. People come up with all sorts of creative arrangements. You can stay in bed until noon if you work from well outfitted tray table!
Look around your home to see [...]

No matter where you’re working, having the proper supplies easily at hand is going to make your task much easier. Here’s a basic checklist of the items you’ll need to make your work area function properly. If you can, I suggest that you buy in quantity – enough for current use plus extra for backup. [...]