My BUDGET Productivity Desk Setup - 2023

My desk setup is SERIOUS - I have spent years (and quite a bit of 💰) perfecting it to be a space I love sitting down (or standing) to work 😍

But I appreciate students and lots of professionals don't necessarily have that much money to play with when buying their own desk tech AND Beth is quite a bit thriftier than I am, soooo... Beth challenged me to create the ULTIMATE budget desk setup. The budget: £500-700 😲

And I obviously accepted the challenge, buying some of the best-value desk tech I could find, testing it all out and then including it in this video as a suggestion of the stuff you might include if looking to build out your own budget desk setup. Let's do this 🤗

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In order of appearance...

🖥 ASUS ZenScreen MB249C Portable Monitor 🖥

🔌 Selore Docking Station 🔌

💻 Twelve South Curve Monitor Riser 💻

🔌 Delidigi Cord Organiser 🔌

🧩 OrbitKey Desk Mat 🧩

⌨️ Seenda Keyboard and Mouse ⌨️

⌨️ Logitech K380 keyboard ⌨️

🖱 Logitech MX Anywhere 2S 🖱

🔌 Anker Wireless Charger (not MagSafe)🔌

🔌 Anker Wireless Charger (compatible with iPhone 13 and 14)🔌

👜 Menos Backpack - created by Liam and Beth 👜
The first 100 people to use code LIAM10 at checkout will get 10% off their order.

💡 OOWOLF Light Bar 💡

🌈 Govee LED Strip Lights 🌈

🔌 Teckin Smart Plugs (4 Pack) 🔌

💡 Finnstarr IKEA Lamp 💡

🌈 Govee LED Light Bars 🌈

🧠 Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen) 🧠

📱 Bamboo Phone Stand 📱

✒️ Bamboo Pen Pot ✒️

🧲 Cork board + white board 🧲

💾 WD 2TB Elements portable hard drive 💾

🎧 Anker earbuds (Aukey no longer available) 🎧

🎧 Apple Airpods (3rd gen) 🎧

🥤 Blue cup with straw 🥤

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About Me

I'm a lawyer, part-time YouTuber, son, brother, startup founder, fiancé, black coffee drinker and plant dad. I graduated from Cambridge University (where I studied French and Spanish), topped my law school class and now work for a corporate law firm in London as a trainee solicitor (which takes up a lot of my time)!

Around that, I'm a big fan of discovering new ways of thinking, of balancing work with life, and of performing to the very best of my ability. Ohh, and being happy. And I try to share all that on this YouTube channel 😀

Fun fact: I believe we massively overplay the role of “natural talent” 😮 AND… I also believe that TOGETHER, WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF POSITIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND SUCCESS.

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Disclaimer:
Information, views and opinions depicted in this video are my own. Information visible on screens or in documents does not relate to my work as a lawyer for clients.

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Thanks so much to ASUS for sponsoring this video 🙌

#ASUS #ZenScreen #MB249C #AllAccessoriesIncluded #WorthSpending

[natalieramirez]

Beth is the secret to all of Liam's most successful videos. Beth please be in more videos. Your badass! :)

[AbiSheppard]

I wouldn't call any of this particularly 'budget' (unless you are really into your tech!). I have a brilliant Lenovo monitor for £70 I bought as a student and most companies can now send you a decent keyboard/mouse/laptop stand if you are a remote employee! I also use the Mokin dongle to connect everything (around £20). If anyone's watching this for ideas - you really don't need to spend more than £100 on a decent monitor. :)

[reckonerwheel]

£500 is about $640 American dollars... I love the desk setup but wow, I'd consider it an indulgence!

[mdruslan]

Liam, I have been watching your videos since 2019. You are such a big inspiration. Hope to see more from you. Keep it up, man 😁

[pete]

I stumbled on your channel last week and I'm so glad I did. I also work in the corporate space and have a brilliant office space but I've never been happy with my desk setup. You have given me some great ideas on how to improve it.

[shantanugupta]

I love a good desk set up.

Struggling to find a good standing desks in India though. Most of them are so wobbly when you stand up and work.

[vladvld]

if the video wasn't sponsored by Asus, Beth would NOT spend £370 on a monitor. hp msi and benq have very nice slim 24 inch moniitors you can carry around.

[erikabeat]

I love an ergonomic keyboard/mouse. I am committed to my Logitech ERGO K860 keyboard and MX Master 2S Mouse. So a splurge on the budget - but keeping my hands happy!

[fakhriansyahwijaya]

if you use the big monitor for doing everything just set it up as your main monitor and put it right in front of you so your neck doesn't work too much

[arkane]

380 is a robbery for a 1080p 23 inch monitor lol

[tonsterdang]

cool, i have bought the Seenda keyboard and mouse combo and the monitor light bar.

[polluxtroy]

700 pounds is “budget friendly”?…

Love you channel!

Beth 6:20, I’m with you!!, cannot type with round buttons and the K380, although very popular, Logitech would have sold more of those if it had regular square keys

[judgewest]

The thing that makes possibly the most significant improvements to a home office is keeping it tidy. You do that that's half the battle.

[joaomoraes]

I agree with Beth. Round buttons is a big NO!

[Steve_E]

Great video per usual. I have to mention the type of pen matters a ton to me. I bounce from typing to writing often and found the feel of a pen matters a great deal. I’m loving the white uni-ball ONE pens. Cheap and great feel! Oh and a metal clip that wound break off when I’m fidgeting.

[studyseason]

I have the logitech keyboard 😂 Love the round buttons 🥹🙈

[chrisgeorge]

loved the video but i wouldn’t describe this a thrifty looks like a lot was new. i think a cool idea might of been was 2nd hand only. best bit of the video though is Beth’s analysis of that round button keyboard. I have suggested that to many people and keyboard and the loved it

[georgehudson]

Just bought a Menos backpack, one of the best investments I've made in a while!

[Phanin-S]

my happiness is when my desk is clean and tidied❤

[rogueknight]

I bought that 'round buttons' Logitech keyboard and honestly, they are awesome!