My Desk Essentials

I am notoriously bad for not staying hydrated  I can go all day on a single mug of tea) so I try to always make sure that I have a Bottle of Water to hand to encourage me to drink more. Usually when I'm bored of revising I just drink as a distraction. More often than not I'll also have a couple of mugs of Green Tea on my desk in a variety of stages. They'll be an empty mug from yesterday that I forgot to move (Yes, I'm a slob), a half drunk one I started then left to go cold this morning and then a fresh one that's too hot to drink. Carrying on with this theme I have to have Snacks preferably healthy ones but not often! They're a great distraction form revision and help raise my blood sugar so that I can work harder /they just taste nice. 

Now for the actual necessities- Internet Access, whether that's through my laptop or tablet so that I can download mark schemes to papers, plot graphs, check facts or fall into the inevitable whole of procrastination.Colourful Post-it Notes for to do lists, to add reminders or to leave notes or questions on work to teachers. Nice Pens I don't really mind what kind of pen as long as it's black though I've found these PaperMate InkJoy pens from Poundland to be really nice to write with, they're only £1 for 4 so it's rather good value too. I usually like to have music playing whilst I work too unless the room's silent so if I'm at college I use Headphones and listen to spotify. I literally couldn't care less what brand as long as they work.

I also like to have a Plant Buddy sitting on my desk, I just think it's nice to have some greenery and O2 in my room. This fella is called Oswald, I really don't know why I feel the need to name all my plants, particularly as they usually live short lives!  If I'm working at home I also like to have a Scented Candle burning to help create a pleasant environment.

Desk Decor

After showing you what's on my wall above my desk in my last post, I thought I'd show you in a bit more detail what's actually on my desk. Starting from the left there's a little palm tree-esque thing that my mom gave me sitting in the pot from the June My Little Box which you can see here. There's also some roses that I picked from the garden in a milk bottle vase from Ikea, plus an Eiffel Tower that my brother brought me back from his trip to Paris and an almost empty glass sweet jar from Matalan for when I get hungry whilst I work. Which is always, let's not pretend. 
Then in the middle there is a napkin holder from Ikea that I use to hold spare pieces of paper and a plastic mat to protect my desk, also from Ikea. Underneath there are a bunch of photos I love and my college timetable arranged on a wallpaper sample from B&Q. Gotta love those things.
On the right there is a bottle of water, plus my pencil pot and then a whole load of stuff that doesn't really have a home that I always end up throwing into this pretty little crate from home Bargains in an effort to make my desk look tidy. This includes but is not limited to- a bottle of Voss water, paper straws, notebooks, post-it notes, a travel organiser/wallet from my latest My Little Box, a restaurant menu and scraps of paper that I've wrote ideas and such on.

So there we go, I hope you enjoyed...