Casual Fridays - Change of Environment
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Friday, January 07, 2011 9:00 AM
One of my favorite things to do when I’m on the road as I am this week is to take a photo on my iPhone and share it on my Twitter and Facebook feeds with the caption “The view from my office today”. These documented moments remind me to thank my blessings for the fact that the work I do is so portable and so flexible.
For the past four months, as I was working on my new book, I spent countless hours each week working in the silence of my local university’s library. For me, the process of writing only works well when I absent myself from too much stimulation. So the white walls, the silent hum and the lack of a washer and dryer in my work environment helped me to focus on the task at hand. But now that the project is safely on my editor’s desk (for the time being), I am reveling in working “out and about”. The photo you see here was taken on the top floor of the Chicago Public Library, where I worked yesterday. It’s a magical spot, warm and cozy in the midst of a wind-swirled, bustling metropolis. Sitting beneath the blue sky that peeks through the glass ceiling gives you the sensation that you have a direct view of heaven.
During the next few months, even when I’m at home, I’m going to challenge myself a bit to refresh my career attitude by seeking out varied and exciting work environments. For those of you who don’t have this luxury, I’d invite you to do something to “freshen” up your workspace - a new family photo, a pretty silk flower, or even just a new perspective on the old might give you the jump start I’m experiencing in the New Year. And for those of you who—like me—can take your work on the road, I’d love to hear where you like to work when you try to “get away from it all”.
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