The Box method For Uncluttering

Here is my cluttered desk. It seems to gradually reach this stage over the space of a couple of days.
Yes I have a problem.

Here is the solution for my cluttered desk.

An empty box.

I put everything away. The things which don't have a place go in the box.
Pretty soon my desk is clean.

The homeless junk is now boxed.

I have found this is a wonderful method for clearing my desk and making my wife happier.

I did not invent this method. I think my mom taught me this one crazy stormy Saturday morning. Though I did not feel like I was learning anything at the time. This method has been detailed and immortalized by Stan and Jan Berenstain in the book "The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room" published by Random house in 1983. If you have not read it I'm sure you can imagine what your mother would do after stepping on sticky airplane cement in the middle of your cluttered room.

There is a problem with this that you should be aware of:
If you live in a small apartment with limited space eventually you will run out of space for the boxes of junk. My workbench is an example of this.