It’s that time again: time for some voyeuristic peeking into a beautiful home office workspace.
This time, the home office belongs to blogger Suann Song from Simplesong, one of my favorite blogs. I found this little gem via another fantastic blog: Ill Seen, Ill Said (is that a great name, or what?) She does a great series called “Where We Blog From”, and I’m fascinated by it.
Take a look at Suann’s office and then be sure to pop over to each of the blogs mentioned above. The Peeping Penelope in you will be glad you did.
I love the natural light and the hardwood floors. I also love the glass-topped desk and the way she angled her shelving unit in the corner.
But I really, really love the chair. I know my Boston Terrier, Cooper, would love to curl up there while I worked. Maybe we could get Suann to tell us where she got it?
The office is simple, and so pretty. She strikes a perfect balance between usefulness and pretty touches. And, she’s a Mac girl. Just sayin’.
I wonder, too, how many of us have “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters somewhere in our offices? I know I do. Makes me feel better. It’s a stiff upper lip kind of thing.
Be sure to hop over to Jane’s post on this office to see more photos and get details.
Thanks for the inspiration, Suann and Jane!
Today’s assignment:
Take just five minutes to clear off some of the accumulated items on your computer’s desktop. This short period of time may or may not clear it completely, but it will help.
- trash any files you don’t need anymore
- put into folders any files you do still need
- ideally, your desktop wouldn’t have more than 10 folders on it, everything else should be in sub-folders within those.
If your desktop is a real mess, do this again for the next five days. Put it on your calendar with an alarm to make sure you do it. And remember, spend JUST five minutes.
A cluttered computer desktop is just as anxiety-producting as a cluttered real-life desktop.
Penelope Tip: reward yourself for having cleaned up your computer’s desktop by downloading some pretty “wallpapers”. I like this website. Dig into the archives. There are some really pretty ones there.
And here’s a look at the desktop of one of my three computers, just because people are asking about it. (I had no idea people would be so curious!)
Meredith’s Desktop
I really do try to keep my desktop very clean. If I have an item outside a folder on my desktop temporarily that’s fine, but I deal with it and either trash it or file it by the end of my work day. That’s just a Penelope trait of mine. I know lots of people who get a ton of great work done who don’t keep such spare desktops.
What about you? What does your computer desktop look like?
