
Our desks have quietly become tech graveyards and command centres rolled into one. If the smoke alarm went off mid-Zoom, which bit of kit would you grab before legging it out the door?
Put the items in your preferred order.

The trusty laptop
It's heavy, it's warm, and it contains your entire professional life plus that half-finished novel. Losing it would mean explaining to IT what 'urgent backup' actually meant.

Noise-cancelling headphones
They've saved you from open-plan chatter, screaming toddlers and the bloke on the train watching TikToks at full volume. Worth every penny and then some.

The mechanical keyboard
You spent a weekend picking the switches and another painting the keycaps. No one else touches it, and that's exactly how you like it.

Your phone charger
Not glamorous, but try surviving a day without one. The real MVP of the desk, especially the one cable that actually charges fast.

The second monitor
Going back to a single screen feels like writing with a quill. You'd absolutely struggle out the door with it, dignity be damned.
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