Do you love your workspace?

March 12th, 2010 by Daniel

If you’re a freelancer it could be your home office, or if you are an in-house or agency bloke it could be your employers building, but whatever the case, what have you done to make it your own? Personally I have both a home office and a “cube” and how I treat each one is very different. When I am in the office I keep my workspace pretty vanilla, but at home is where I can have my way. Where I am stuck with the hardware I was given at work (an outdated PC running outdated software on an outdated monitor) at home I have added all of the little details that make it a pleasure to work. 24″ flatscreen monitor, 15″ Macbook Pro w/ Mighty Mouse, Harmon Cardon Soundstick Speakers (with a sub-woofer that could melt your face) and a sweet Netgear Stora 1TB home server, all of my media needs are met. The media server is accessible from any point at which you would like to connect to the network, be it xBox, PC, or Mac and adorning the wall are my degrees (but not in a “look what I earned” snooty sort of way, they’re just there). All in all a very hospitable environment from which to work. Add in my new kitten and it’s pretty much perfect.

As much as I love my home workspace though, I live in a basement apartment, and although it’s very well lit, I need my vitamin D, so I often venture out to local coffee shops to do a little work and get a little fresh air, and in my experience, it is the change of venue that has often led to greater creativity. If you feel stuck in your current workspace, get out of there for awhile, even if only for a few hours, your body and mind will appreciate it. Then when you go back to that familiar space you’ll be refreshed and ready to tackle what you have to do. It’s so important to take breaks and not bang your head against the wall, a change of scenery and a change of perspective are often better solutions.

So what is your workspace like? Does it cultivate genius or lull you into a catatonic work-coma?

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