Many of us spend 1/3 or more of our 24 hours at the workplace. It behooves our soul and mind to beautify and elevate our workspace. Let us help you create an inspiring, rejuvenating, and calming ambience that will help you enjoy your day at work, even on those stressful days. After all, considering the number of hours we spend there, it’s almost like a second home. Having said that, one must balance the homely feeling of comfort with a professional business image. It is after all, your ‘work’ place!

Let’s start with a booster basic: your company’s mission or vision statement. If your company already has printed handouts, put one up in a prominent place on your softboard, or else print one and stick it up. It’s a great way to keep the big goal in mind and motivate yourself. Go one step further with a colourful letter size paper and write YOUR daily goals on that and put it up under the company’s vision/mission statement. Double-barrel motivation!

With goals set, can a calendar be far behind? Wait! Don’t reach for the nearest available one. Depending on your style, choose from funky, personalized DIY ones to classic art, to those showcasing works of hand-and-mouth artists, to daily motivation inscribed flipbook ones to – the variety is infinite! You will be yearning to start your day; and close it with a big smile and a great feeling of accomplishment!

As human, sentient beings, our biggest motivation comes from people. Create a collage of your favourite family photos and put it up on the softboard or a cosy corner of the desk. Do the same with a photo of your team at work. For both, use bright coloured contrasting frames. Or hang up a photo wire. Takes care of clutter on desk, is quirky and a great ice-breaker.

All set to start the day? How about looking at your mails at eye-level? Elevate your laptop to eye-level with some of your favourite, leather-bound, or just hard-bound go-to books or coffee table books. Alternatively, buy yourself a ‘laptop lifter’. This is a great posture-correction act and your neck muscles will thank you at the end of a long day. Plus, the books amp up your personality quotient!

While on the subject of books, if you are the lucky one with some extra space on the desk, keep a small collection of your favourites by your side, bookended with a couple of big natural rocks painted in gold or your favourite colour. If not books, do it with your office files. Spells class and creativity!

Something fluorescent lighting, an office feature, doesn’t ?. That’s alright. Just invest in a sleek lamp (save space) of your choice in warm, brass or gold tones with a halogen bulb and add warmth, mood lighting and comfort (kiss those headaches goodbye) to your precious space.

Do keep small deeply significant (to you) decorative objects around to feel grounded. It could be a Feng Shui Laughing Buddha, other divinities, a crystal – anything that keeps you connected to the Higher Energy. You can also call on this energy by lighting an incense stick or keeping a small aroma diffuser if you have your own office room or a large cubicle, or your own space if your neighbours don’t mind the fragrance shower.

While all offices feature ergonomic chairs, it wouldn’t hurt to keep a cushion and a throw for comfort and warmth in mood-heightening colours.

Did you know that colour can profoundly affect your productivity? Scientific research has shown that blue colours affect your mind, red your body, yellow your emotions and green your “balance.” By combining these colours, you can greatly influence your work behavior. If you do ‘mind’ work a lot, surround yourself with blue and a pop of orange. If being creative is your call of duty, go with purple.

Finally, bring in the great outdoors! Fresh green succulent plants, or even the feng-shui bamboo and the ubiquitous money plant are perfect for an office setting, providing as they do the ‘green break’ for the eyes, and the detoxification of the immediate atmosphere. And they don’t have pollen – so no office allergies to worry about! They can be in pots and vases on the tables or hanging from the ceiling.

Now for the perennial positive power – fresh flowers! Fresh blooms add instant beauty and energy. Bring in a fresh bunch every Monday. They not only look fresh and pretty, they smell divine and are a definite ambience-booster. Don’t however keep them dry and droopy.

Now, let us know how you have decorated your office space! We’d love to hear from you.

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