Luminoir

Mise en place (pronounced [miz ɑ̃n plas], literally “put in place”) is a French phrase defined by the Culinary Institute of America
as “everything in place”, as in set up. It is used in professional
kitchens to refer to the ingredients, such as cuts of meat, relishes,
sauces, par-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables, and other
components that a cook requires for the menu items that they expect to
prepare during their shift.

Similarly for editors, there is an element of mise en place as well.
I can’t confess to have the same as everyone else, in fact, I’m pretty sure you have a completely different way and methodology for placing your windows.
This particular configuration suits most of my needs and works very well for me.
This is what my Finder window placement is like.

The top right hand window is my ~TO BE CONVERTED folder. This contains files that need to be converted to FCP compatible formats.
All files are prepended with the project name and episode number and converted into ^TO BE IMPORTED.

The window in the center is my ^TO BE IMPORTED folder. This contains all files that are waiting to be imported into FCP projects.

When I import these files, I drag them into the lower left window, which is the Capture Scratch of the project.
After that, I then import the files into the project. Once the files are imported, I mark them grey.
This way, whenever I need to import new files into the project, I know which ones have already been imported.

My upper left window is my ^EXPORT folder. This contains all files that have been exported sorted into subfolders named by project title.

The lower right window is any other folder that I might need to transfer files to and from, like my internet download folder or project backup folder.

Obviously, if you don’t have to deal with conversions as much as I do, you can replace the ^TO BE CONVERTED folder with a music library or graphics folder.
If you ingest almost everything, then this will be of more use to you in the event of having to import items to your projects.