Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 60th episode of the simple sophisticated. Today we are going to talk about

the 25 must-haves for the efficient office desk. And in this week's particular have

and in this week's Petit Pleasurer at the end of today's episode.

I'm going to share with you a film set in Paris that was made in 2013 that I wish I would have known about sooner because I absolutely

adored it last weekend when I had the opportunity to finally view it. That will be at the end

of today's episode but before we get to that, I want to talk about the many different things and ways

we can set up our office desk, the desk that is not in our home,

the desk that allows us to perform at our best when we don't have

everything that we need at our disposal. What are those items? That's what I'm going

to share with you today and I'd like to begin with a quote that you may recognize. I always think of it this time of year.

Quote, I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name, wrote Tom Hanks to Meg Ryan and

you've got mail. Every year the quote uttered by Tom Hanks in in Nora Ephrons,

You've Got Mail, dances around my memory.

And while seemingly simple, the precision of sharpened pencils

organized in bulk ready to be offered to the rider to produce any sort of work that is asked of them

reminds me of the beauty of a pencil the opportunity to try correct and try again next time.

Much like each new school year or the coming of fall season at work,

after the long summer getaways have been taken and enjoyed. When we return, I find that most of us, students as

well as seasoned veterans in any profession, want to do it better this time, want to make

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