Desk Setup Checklist Printable (Free, One Page)

A desk drifts. Things land on it, stay a week, and become furniture. This page gives the drift one page to fight: a printable checklist with 12 write-in rows grouped into three zones (screen, paper, cable and misc), each row ending in a done circle, plus a weekly reset box. Write what belongs in each zone, then circle done when the zone is actually clear. Print free, one page, no software.

How it works: one row per thing that lives on the desk. Write the item in its zone, clear the zone, circle done. Twelve rows fit a one-page print at 100% scale. The sheet tracks where things sit and nothing else.

Matchbook Labs · Desk Checklist

Desk Setup Checklist

Week of:   Desk or setup name:

Zone 1 · Screen zone

Things that need power. Monitor, keyboard, mouse. If it does not need power, it goes to another zone.

1done
2done
3done
4done

Zone 2 · Paper zone

Things that need a pen. One pad, one pen, the plan and the numbers being written today.

5done
6done
7done
8done

Zone 3 · Cable & misc zone

Everything with a plug or a knot. Chargers, adapters, the cup, whatever else keeps drifting onto the desk.

9done
10done
11done
12done

Weekly reset

Reset done on (date):

Things that left their zone this week:

One thing to fix before next week:

Print at 100% scale (no "fit to page"). One page. This sheet tracks where things sit, nothing else.

The done circle means the zone is clear, not that the task went well. A half-cleared zone stays uncircled and re-lists next week.

Four opinions from resetting desks

  1. (Opinion.) One screen is the right starting number. A second monitor mostly adds surfaces to watch and cables to route. Fill all twelve rows on one screen and one sheet of paper first; add hardware only when a real task keeps failing for lack of it.
  2. (Opinion.) Empty surface beats storage system. If an item has no row on the sheet, it does not live on the desk. Boxes and organizers hide the drift; a row per item makes it visible.
  3. (Opinion.) Circle done only when the zone is actually clear. A row with three items half-shoved into a drawer is not done. The circle is a small lie that costs you the whole sheet.
  4. (Opinion.) Tape the sheet where you look, not where it looks tidy. The kit below is described in its own README as "designed to be glanced at, not read". Eye line next to the monitor wins over a folder of printouts nobody opens.

When the reference zone needs filling: the desk kit

A checklist clears the desk; the wall above it still needs content. The Crypto Trader Desk Kit is 12 one-page reference sheets, print-ready in both A4 and US Letter. From its README:

12 one-page crypto reference sheets, print-ready in both A4 and US Letter (24 PDFs + this README). Black-and-white print-friendly design with a single teal accent. Laminate them or tape them above the desk.

Print mechanics from the README: print at 100% scale (no "fit to page") on white paper, tape up sheets 02, 03, 06 and 12 first, and print the Emergency Card twice, one visible and one stored with your backups. The README also carries a verify-before-trust note: contract addresses were checked against issuer and chain documentation at build time, addresses and bridges change, and the kit is educational reference material, not financial, legal, or tax advice.

What this page is

A workspace-organization sheet. It tracks where things sit on the desk and when the desk last got reset.

It contains no trading advice, no price predictions, and no coin or token recommendations. The checklist never tells you what to write in a row; it only gives the writing a zone and a done circle.

The four opinions above are opinions from use, not research findings.

Get the Crypto Trader Desk Kit: 12 Printable Cheat Sheets —

Instant download after checkout. 24 PDFs (A4 + US Letter), personal use.

Related pages: zone the whole desk with the trading desk setup guide, keep the screen itself quiet with the minimal desktop wallpaper sets, or browse the full catalog.