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How can creating a simple “drop zone” for phones and chargers reduce clutter on other surfaces?

Phones, chargers, earbuds, power banks – these little gadgets travel all over the house and somehow end up tangled on dining tables, kitchen counters and bedside units. Cables dangle everywhere and nobody remembers where they plugged what.

A dedicated “drop zone” – maybe a tray or small organiser on a sideboard, console table, or shelf – changes the game. You plug in a couple of multi-socket chargers there and make a house rule: phones and gadgets live here when charging.

Over time, everyone gets used to this one spot. You’re not tripping over cables in three different rooms, and you’re not hunting for chargers every night. The main surfaces stay clearer, because devices aren’t left scattered wherever they were last used.

It also makes bedtime calmer. Instead of your phone shouting for attention from your pillow, it’s charging quietly in its own corner, and you know exactly where it’ll be in the morning.

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