What Cluttered Desks Really Say About You

Posted on: 5:08 am, January 26, 2012, by , updated on: 08:48am, January 8, 2013

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Guilty of a cluttered cubicle? Relax. You’re doing us all a favor.

A new study from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands suggests messy desks could be responsible for more organized thinking.

According to MSN, Jia Liu, a researcher at the university conducted an experiment with 49 college students and found messy desks and work spaces tend to cause a desire for simplicity, making people “think in a more organized fashion.”

So don’t fret your haphazardness. Embrace it. And, if necessary, remind your tidy, uptight boss that you’re contributing to the overall organization of your department.

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