**Title:** A Quick, Cheap, and Simple Solution to Desk Clutter: Using a Cigar Box

**Introduction**

Do you find yourself surrounded by little things that clutter up your desk? Things that you use all the time, but don't want to particularly pack away or have to pull in and out all the time. So, what do you do with them? How do you organize them? Well, I've got a little tip for you - a quick, cheap, and simple solution is to use a cigar box.

**The Benefits of Cigar Boxes**

A lot of people don't realize that cigar boxes nowadays are actually very well-made and solid wood. Perfect for storing those extra things that you have on your desk. Hey guys, this is Carl from technical goodies, and let's jump into how I use like a cigar box on my desk to have quick access to the stuff that I use all the time.

**Getting a Cigar Box**

Now, as far as cigar boxes go, they're really easy to get. You can basically go to a cigar shop and in most cases, they're trying to get rid of their old ones so you can buy them for a couple of bucks. You can get anything from something very simple like this wooden cigar box here with these nice little latches ready to put stuff in. You can step it up a little bit and get the one that I showed you at the beginning with a nice little lift-up lid here, nice and solid, ready to sit on your desk.

**The Cigar Box I Chose**

This one can be a little big, but they have a little bit nicer boxes like this. This one's a little scratched up, but it's nice - keep some of your stuff there for easy access. But the one I ended up using was this nice little compact Julius Caesar box. You can see that it has leather all around the outside, and it has a nice little latch here that buttons down.

**What I Keep in My Cigar Box**

So, let's take a look at what I have inside. So, I've got some of my merch, and this is all the stuff that I'm using all the time - little quick-access stuff. This Altoids tin is where I kind of keep all the little tools and stuff that I use all the time. And instead of having it just sit on the desk, I now actually have two of them where I keep some little doodads, little things that I use nice and organized inside of there.

**Other Stuff I Keep in My Cigar Box**

I've got a couple quick-access cables for when something needs to be charged. A little anchor block fits in there perfectly. Got my Tozo earbuds, cigar cutter - little keyboard puller that I use all the time. I switch my keys in and out every once in a while. I love this little voltage tester which I use to make sure that these cables I'm putting out the right amount of power so I'm using the right cable and the right connector.

**Conclusion**

I have a little tape measure - okay, so I need to tape - okay, so I need to measure something well not that long, I guess. Uh, it's my little USB adapter for the iPhone. I use this all the time when I'm transferring from my phone to my external hard drive like this video that I'm doing right now. And I guess a pack of matches but that's it right? If this stuff was always just sitting out on my desk ready for me to access it would just be clutter city so now easy enough to just toss this stuff back into the box when I'm done with it with no issues with clutter on my desk again super easy to access out of the way.

**Final Thoughts**

And that's it - this will sit up on the corner of my desk. If I wanted to put my charger up on top of it if I wanted to put my speaker up on top of it, it's good to go. It's something that looks clean nice and easy. And again, cigar boxes are generally overlooked because a lot of people don't have access to them, but like I said you can easily run into any cigar shop in your local area and they usually have a pile of them sitting right there - pick the nicest one you want and go to town. But other than that, thanks for watching if you thought this was pretty cool hit like and subscribe and until next time this is Carl from techful goodies and I'm out.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enall right so you've got all these little things that clutter up your desk things that you use all the time that you don't want to particularly pack away or have to pull in and out all the time so what do you do with them how do you organize them well I got a little tip for you a quick cheap and simple solution and potentially a very nice looking solution is to use a cigar box a lot of people don't realize but the cigar boxes nowadays are actually very well made solid wood and perfect for storing those extra things that you have on your desk hey guys this is Carl from technical goodies and let's jump into how I use like a cigar box on my desk to have quick access to the stuff that I use all the time now as far as cigar boxes go they're really easy to get you can basically go to a cigar shop and in most cases they're trying to get rid of their old ones so you can buy them for a couple bucks you can get anything from something very simple like this wooden cigar box here with these nice little latches ready to put stuff in you can step it up a little bit and get the one that I showed you at the beginning with a nice little lift up lid here nice and solid ready to sit on your desk this one can be a little bit big they have a little bit nicer boxes like this this one's a little scratched up but it's nice keep some of your stuffing there for easy access but the one I ended up using was this nice little compact Julius Caesar box you can see that it has leather all around the outside it has a nice little latch here that buttons down so let's take a look at what I have inside so I've got some of my merch and this is all the stuff that I'm using all the time little quick access stuff Altoids tin this is where I kind of keep all the little tools and stuff that I use all the time and instead of having it just sit on the desk I now actually have two of them where I keep some little doodads little things that I use nice and organized inside of there I have a couple quick access cables for when something needs to be charged a little anchor block fits in there perfectly got my tozo earbuds cigar cutter little keyboard puller that I use all the time I switch my keys in and out every once in a while I love this little voltage tester which I use to make sure that these cables I'm putting out the right amount of power so I'm using the right cable and the right connector I have a little tape measure okay so I need to tape okay so I need to measure something well not that long I guess uh it's my little USB adapter for the iPhone I use this all the time when I'm transferring from my phone to my external hard drive like this video that I'm doing right now and I guess a pack of matches but that's it right if this stuff was always just sitting out on my desk ready for me to access it would just be clutter City so now easy enough to just toss this stuff back into the box when I'm done with it with no issues with clutter on my desk again super easy to access out of the way and that's it this will sit up on the corner of my desk if I wanted to put my charger up on top of it if I wanted to put my speaker up on top of it it's good to go it's something that looks clean nice and easy and again cigar boxes are generally overlooked because a lot of people don't have access to them but like I said you can easily run into any cigar shop in your local area and they usually have a pile of them sitting right there pick the nicest one you want and go to town but other than that thanks for watching if you thought this was pretty cool hit like And subscribe and until next time this is Carl from techful goodies and I'm outall right so you've got all these little things that clutter up your desk things that you use all the time that you don't want to particularly pack away or have to pull in and out all the time so what do you do with them how do you organize them well I got a little tip for you a quick cheap and simple solution and potentially a very nice looking solution is to use a cigar box a lot of people don't realize but the cigar boxes nowadays are actually very well made solid wood and perfect for storing those extra things that you have on your desk hey guys this is Carl from technical goodies and let's jump into how I use like a cigar box on my desk to have quick access to the stuff that I use all the time now as far as cigar boxes go they're really easy to get you can basically go to a cigar shop and in most cases they're trying to get rid of their old ones so you can buy them for a couple bucks you can get anything from something very simple like this wooden cigar box here with these nice little latches ready to put stuff in you can step it up a little bit and get the one that I showed you at the beginning with a nice little lift up lid here nice and solid ready to sit on your desk this one can be a little bit big they have a little bit nicer boxes like this this one's a little scratched up but it's nice keep some of your stuffing there for easy access but the one I ended up using was this nice little compact Julius Caesar box you can see that it has leather all around the outside it has a nice little latch here that buttons down so let's take a look at what I have inside so I've got some of my merch and this is all the stuff that I'm using all the time little quick access stuff Altoids tin this is where I kind of keep all the little tools and stuff that I use all the time and instead of having it just sit on the desk I now actually have two of them where I keep some little doodads little things that I use nice and organized inside of there I have a couple quick access cables for when something needs to be charged a little anchor block fits in there perfectly got my tozo earbuds cigar cutter little keyboard puller that I use all the time I switch my keys in and out every once in a while I love this little voltage tester which I use to make sure that these cables I'm putting out the right amount of power so I'm using the right cable and the right connector I have a little tape measure okay so I need to tape okay so I need to measure something well not that long I guess uh it's my little USB adapter for the iPhone I use this all the time when I'm transferring from my phone to my external hard drive like this video that I'm doing right now and I guess a pack of matches but that's it right if this stuff was always just sitting out on my desk ready for me to access it would just be clutter City so now easy enough to just toss this stuff back into the box when I'm done with it with no issues with clutter on my desk again super easy to access out of the way and that's it this will sit up on the corner of my desk if I wanted to put my charger up on top of it if I wanted to put my speaker up on top of it it's good to go it's something that looks clean nice and easy and again cigar boxes are generally overlooked because a lot of people don't have access to them but like I said you can easily run into any cigar shop in your local area and they usually have a pile of them sitting right there pick the nicest one you want and go to town but other than that thanks for watching if you thought this was pretty cool hit like And subscribe and until next time this is Carl from techful goodies and I'm out