Building A Creative Workspace

We work in a remote world. We’re on the go, a lot. We sit down, plugin and get to work. So why should you’re environment matter?

One of the things I’ve learned over my career is to respect your work environment. Take some time to set up your workspace. It’s where you spend a majority of your day, so respect it.

Make it inspirational. Make it creative. Make it a place free of distractions.

If you’re like me and spend a good chunk of your day running from meeting to meeting, you need a place of reprieve. You need a place where you feel inspired. This is the single most important reason to make your environment work for you. Let’s face it, you come to work to accomplish a task so give yourself a winning chance.

I spend a lot of time behind a computer. Some would say too much, but the bottom line is, I love what I do. And I want to keep loving it. So that means when the rest of world is flying around a million miles and hour, I need a place of comfort and solace. I need a place when I put pen to paper I feel inspired. I need to give it my best, 110% of the time. If my surroundings aren’t allowing me get into a flow state and harmoniously crank out creative work, then I’m doing everyone a disservice.

It’s not only about your physical workspace. It’s nice to have but not only factor. Think about it, it’s your mental space inside of the physical. I know, kind of like an Inception moment, but it’s real. You set up the physical space to help extract ideas from the mental. Give yourself a chance to get into a flow state. “In psychology, flow is a mental state in which one is completely immersed and engaged in an activity, wherein one is fully focused, energized, and enjoy the activity in which one is immersed in”

Set up your work environment to breed creativity.

So how does one set up a creative work environment?

Here’s a few key points to remember when mapping out your office:

1. Create a stimulating environment.
2. Make it an atmosphere not just an office.
3. Make it one that nurtures collaboration and interaction.
4. Make it a space to think.
5. Give yourself a place of solitude.