Any office worker will tell you that their desk is their home away from home. Like the job, or hate it, you’re stuck within your little walls for a great deal of your life. People adapt to this in many ways, from decoration to simply ignoring it altogether.
As one who spends forty plus hours of each week in a cubicle, I wanted to share my little world with the world. So I decided to take some photos of my desk.
First, this is my computer – wide-screen and generally awesome, though of late it’s running like a slow old man and I vaguely want to shove it off a cliff. Starting up in the morning takes approximately ten minutes.
On the shelf above it, you’ll see some of the toys I brought to keep me company. In addition to Dunnys, I have a mini Transformer and a mini GI Joe heroine. The race number on the wall is from this years Corporate Challenge 3.5 mile race, which I ran, and the photo beside the monitor is of my wedding party.
Also on the wall is a green flower, which was given to me by my lovely boss, who is on a two-week vacation and whom I won’t see until I return from my own vacation.
Next to my desk, keeping me happy, is a framed photo of Eric and myself (taken with Bob’s iphone before last November’s Hot Chocolate 5k.) Also, there’s a ceramic balloon from our Valentines Day trip to Las Vegas, a Rose Tyler (from “Doctor Who”) action figure, and a flower pot that once contained a living plant. Now, however, it contains pens, hairties, and gum. All of which are essentials.
(Oh and – underneath Rose are my wedding and engagement ring. Because I can NOT type with them on.)
Please note: I did not include pictures of my other two walls. One of which contains only a phone list, and the other has a crapton of papers scattered around – as well as a ridiculous 201o kitten calendar. My cubemates look forward to the turning of the calendar page each month.
Fellow bloggers – share your workspaces! (Bob, Dan, Morgan, Liz… I’m calling on YOU.)
muahahahahahaha.
I’d love to share my space, but I’m sure there’s rules against that here. Mine looks like yours, but without the color and added clutter.
An empty desk makes me incredibly nervous. Somehow, color in a sea of gray makes me so much happier.