In addition to all the email we process, it is important to have a well organized desk.
Here is a great article published by LifeHacker, “The Best Ways to Set Up and Organize Your Desk”
http://lifehacker.com/5945259/the-best-way-to-set-up-and-organize-your-desk
In a quickie summary, they suggest using the P-L-A-C-E system to clean out and organize your stuff: Purge unnecessary items, group Like with like, place groupings according to your Access needs, Contain loose items, and Evaluate how well your system works.