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Baskets?

I'm rolling along with GTD--at work I've gone through my initial collection to IN and then recycled, trashed, and filed just about everything (except a pile of stuff in a spare office that needs to be archived). I'm using Things.app as my task-management organizer.

Simple question: do you all use desk baskets? If so, how many and what for? I have a mailbox in the front where all my office mail/documents arrive. Do I need stuff on my desk as well?

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re: Baskets?

I have double-tiered "desk baskets" on my desks both at work and at home. In both places, the top basket is for Inbox items (where stuff gets thrown before I sit down to process it) and the bottom basked is for my physical "to read" pile, mostly for magazines I've thumbed through and already marked which articles I'd like to read.

 
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