First of all, thanks to all of you readers for being so patient and waiting for me to get through my move.
(As for those of you who lost patience and unsubscribed to this blog, well, you probably aren’t reading this – are you?)
First of all, I promised on Twitter that I would post a photo of my office door – so here it is. As you can see, the door to my office shuts (which is something I didn’t have before).
Naturally, things are taking longer than I thought – but I have gotten the opportunity to work in my closed office this week. What I’ve discovered is that I miss the noise just a tiny bit. When I shut the door the quiet in here even seems a bit eerie.
Right about now you’re probably thinking to yourselves, “what, she complained and complained about how noisy her office was and when she finally does get a door she complains about that too.”
Well, hold on. I’m not about to give up this new office by any stretch of the imagination.
However, I do think that my slight homesickness for my noisy office just goes to prove how adaptable we are. (We are probably more adaptable than any of us realize).
I had adapted and become accustomed to working in a very noisy environment so now a quiet office, my ideal environment, seems a bit strange to me.
(Of course, in a few weeks I will have adapted to this environment and it will feel more familiar. In fact, I expect to spend many productive hours in here.)
What all this really means is – no more excuses. Whatever circumstance it is that you think is holding you back probably isn’t.
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Lillie Ammann // Jul 3, 2008 at
Laura,
Congratulations on having a door to your office! As you say, it will become comfortable very quickly. Thanks for the reminder that whatever we think is holding us back probably isn’t. No more excuses.
2 Robert Hruzek // Jul 4, 2008 at
Congrats on the new door, Laura. Beats the Les Nesmond “tape-on-the-floor” technique every time!
3 Vivienne Quek // Jul 5, 2008 at
Congrats on the white door of creativity. Have fun behind the closed door.
4 Laura Spencer // Jul 7, 2008 at
Thanks for the encouragement guys.
Robert, I had to laugh at your “tape on the floor” method. (Although I have to confess that I was often tempted to use police”do not cross this line” tape to block the entrance to my old office.)
5 Pen Me A Poem // Aug 3, 2008 at
I was in a similar situation with my door. It wouldn’t close properly and so to stop wandering cats and noise from elsewhere crawling in, I was forced to use a dumb-bell as a stopper. Very glad it’s fixed now.