CLEANING THE DESK!
Feb. 26th, 2010 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angelakI'm serious.
It's this big of a deal. So I've worked here 8 years. Yes, count them. Eight. I haven't LIVED in one place for 8 years. Everywhere in my life right now, I am experiencing massive amounts of CLUTTER. It is so bothersome. I am intending that I begin methodically tackling each area of my life one by one.
Therefore, I've committed to clearing out stuff at least making a usable, clear - and open workspace. At least if I am going to spend all this time hanging out in this cell/cubicle, it could mimic being an organized space. So, I've spent just a little over an hour and it feels pretty cool.
My boss, when we changed cubie spaces, chose the following week to hound me about work - when normally he is very chill. And then every other time I started REALLY working on organizing, he did it again. Well, he is on vacation this week. So I have every chance to make this exactly how I want it without him coincidentally or otherwise, trying to stop me.
I'm not sure why, but it really irritated me that when I got booted into this space, he didn't feel inclined to let me get it set up "just so." It wasn't like I wanted to take that long. What, an hour? Three tops? Whatever. Not focusing on that. AT this moment, I am pretty happy with the outcome. I got rid of one mini-desk I used to use as a workstation setup place. I never use it for that.
From now on, I will just jet down to the Yellow House, also known as my former residence "Side B."
It's now the IT storage area. Anywho, I am mostly clear, but I am still looking at some better options for some of my crap. I have a couple of small boxes of miscellaneous stuff that was just sitting around here. Stuff piles up over years and years of work.
At the VERY least, it's a huge improvement and I intend to really keep it this way. The less stuff, the better.
Now if I could just find a solution to this nasty, dingy gray color of the walls... I really detest the default colors that people use in offices. It's like these "neutral" colors are designed to make us into mindless drones that become discontent within 5 minutes of staring at them. Anyone ever notice gray and beige are the great "office" colors?
:)
Even WHITE is better. We have this horrible yellow-y beige in this office, and I have cubie walls (which I pushed to get and they acted like I was asking for a $20,000 raise) that are gray. Heh.
I am really going to try and claim my little space. Seeing as no one can really see the inside, it's almost tempting to find some damn construction paper to hang it over the gray!!!!
Any of you creative types have ideas? Share if you like.
-Angela
It's this big of a deal. So I've worked here 8 years. Yes, count them. Eight. I haven't LIVED in one place for 8 years. Everywhere in my life right now, I am experiencing massive amounts of CLUTTER. It is so bothersome. I am intending that I begin methodically tackling each area of my life one by one.
Therefore, I've committed to clearing out stuff at least making a usable, clear - and open workspace. At least if I am going to spend all this time hanging out in this cell/cubicle, it could mimic being an organized space. So, I've spent just a little over an hour and it feels pretty cool.
My boss, when we changed cubie spaces, chose the following week to hound me about work - when normally he is very chill. And then every other time I started REALLY working on organizing, he did it again. Well, he is on vacation this week. So I have every chance to make this exactly how I want it without him coincidentally or otherwise, trying to stop me.
I'm not sure why, but it really irritated me that when I got booted into this space, he didn't feel inclined to let me get it set up "just so." It wasn't like I wanted to take that long. What, an hour? Three tops? Whatever. Not focusing on that. AT this moment, I am pretty happy with the outcome. I got rid of one mini-desk I used to use as a workstation setup place. I never use it for that.
From now on, I will just jet down to the Yellow House, also known as my former residence "Side B."
It's now the IT storage area. Anywho, I am mostly clear, but I am still looking at some better options for some of my crap. I have a couple of small boxes of miscellaneous stuff that was just sitting around here. Stuff piles up over years and years of work.
At the VERY least, it's a huge improvement and I intend to really keep it this way. The less stuff, the better.
Now if I could just find a solution to this nasty, dingy gray color of the walls... I really detest the default colors that people use in offices. It's like these "neutral" colors are designed to make us into mindless drones that become discontent within 5 minutes of staring at them. Anyone ever notice gray and beige are the great "office" colors?
:)
Even WHITE is better. We have this horrible yellow-y beige in this office, and I have cubie walls (which I pushed to get and they acted like I was asking for a $20,000 raise) that are gray. Heh.
I am really going to try and claim my little space. Seeing as no one can really see the inside, it's almost tempting to find some damn construction paper to hang it over the gray!!!!
Any of you creative types have ideas? Share if you like.
-Angela
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Date: 2010-02-26 07:02 pm (UTC)Eyes
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Date: 2010-02-26 09:28 pm (UTC)We were lucky here and got away with painting our offices -- mine is a light purple-blue. My decorating theme is plants/flowers (go figure at a landscaping company). I figure if I'm going to sit here for eight hours a day, I might as well be looking at something that makes me feel good.