I’m excited to have my first guest contribution from another SLP!
Elizabeth Wells Bihn has written a series of haiku for the blog, starting with this one.
I love her reflection on a desk.  Hers (like mine) calls for and supports creativity.

Want to some support for your messy desk habit? According to a 2013 experiment by Vohs, Redden, and Rahinel, a mess can support creativity.  (Take this one not with a grain of salt so much as a knowing wink–it fits with what I know to be true, but remains to be seen whether it’s true outside the experimental setting).

Vohs, K. D., Redden, J. P., & Rahinel, R. (2013). Physical Order Produces Healthy Choices, Generosity, and Conventionality, Whereas Disorder Produces Creativity. Psychological Science24(9), 1860–1867.