How can anyone be happy working in a closet filled with generic black plastic office supplies? Where is the fun in that?
Well, truth be told, there ISN’T much fun in it, so a week or so ago I broke with the pack and added my own touches to make my desk feel like a space I can hang out in. I did this with thrift store finds, because who has the kind of money these days to blow on something as silly as workspace? I mean, you only sit at your desk for what, 8, 9 hours a day? Yeah, you get the point.
So, I didn’t spend very much, but it really did feel worth it. I found clay bowls with a clay toothbrush holder for under 2 bucks. The toothbrush holder now houses my pens and scissors, while one bowl holds my post-its and whiteout and the other my paperclips. They didn’t know they were going to be put to use in this setting, but none of them seems offended and that’s really all that matters.
I nearly ordered a whiteboard from Office Supply for my cube except, well, I hate whiteboards. With a passion. I think they’re hideous and therein lies the problem. I can’t have more than one or two hideous items in my peripheral view at any one time without my head exploding. So, instead I bought a biggish picture frame, mounted some cute pages of scrapbooking paper under the glass – et voila! A non-whiteboard I can be happy with, where I can write my "thought of the day" without feeling like it’s being written on a wall of a bus station ladies room.
Hope this fuels some thought for folks sitting in cube-land. Just because you’re sitting in a gray shoebox doesn’t mean you can’t surround yourself with some modicum of charm.




