Your Office should be stocked with these

I know that 2020 was a terrible year, but I learned a ton about how to make my own life better.  I had to work from home and with that I had to make my own office at home and also supply it.  Now I could spend some company money on it, but I still had to do it all on my own and keep up with supplies as well.  The questions came up a few times about why does it sometimes feel like your office at work is a bit empty, lacking, or just downright dull? Well, oftentimes this can be attributed to bare walls, an empty desktop, or lack of furniture in your office (especially in an office that’s sizeable enough to house wall decor and bigger or additional furniture).  It is because it is simply a different feel and look than other rooms and you want it to be different than home.  But other times, it’s your lack of available supplies. Maybe you’re in need of a specific item, yet you seem to have forgotten to include that on your list of things to get the last time you made your way to the local office supplies store. No matter the case, here are a few desk essentials you should really think about stocking your desk with. These are a must if you want to enjoy the pandemic and live at home and work there too.

We all have to have and to use tape.  It is a must and it comes in handy more than you might think if it is available.  Of all the packaging supplies that you should probably have available at work, tape is at the top. Tape fixes tears. Tape can pin important notes to your desk or wall. Tape mends and tape bends. Tape does it all, whether you’re going for masking tape, packaging tape, or regular see-through desk tape. So don't forget to add this to your shopping or Amazon list. 

 It is not a move issue you really do need a stapeler.  While this is typically something that should rest on your office desk, a lot of people have mini staplers within their desk drawer (as they don’t look the best just sitting on their sides up on your desk’s surface). Still, most bigger staplers don’t have to be huge, and they’ll likely still fit within your desk if that’s what you’re going for. Also, rubber bands are cheap. They’re versatile. They’re inconspicuous and can be placed in a small corner of your desk drawer. They close chip bags. They bind multiple envelopes or pens. Heck, these iconic packaging supplies can even be stress relieving to just pull on sometimes. (And god forbid they can be used to shoot at your fellow employees across the hall.)

 You may be shipping items or simply making marks, but you have to have different kinds of sharpies.  The usefulness of sharpies cannot be overestimated. Black sharpies are perfect for writing on manilla envelopes, highlighting important documents, or writing makeshift signs to hang on your office door when you’re out of the office temporarily. Even if you don’t happen to need it on a daily, there should always be “The Sharpie Guy” in any given office in case the coworkers need access to one. Now go out and make your desk a better one and enjoy.