My work desk - at home

I haven't been out to my "real" office this week - on my 4th day running.  So I thought I'd share what my work desk looks like at home.  It isn't much, but for some reason I very much rather like working at home more than I do at the office.  Although on hot summer days, I'd rather freeze at the office than fry in my own oil at home.  Anyway...

My very messy work desk at home

I've converted our old dining table into our work desk.  This is where the hubby also does his OT work or online "window" shopping :D  I do lots of things here, like work, blog, facebook, tweet, pay bills, online banking, skyping, scrapbooking, gift wrapping.  You name it, this table has seen it all.  And more, in fact :D

To my right is a window where some birds take refuge on rainy days.  To my left is the flight of stairs and where we also put the towels to dry - dual purpose.  In front of the desk is a small window and a blank wall.  I'm still thinking what to put against the wall.  I'm thinking bookshelves or paintings.  We'll see how this progress.

My trusty Blackberry and Ipod

I can't live without both.  I even sleep with them under my pillow.  I get in touch with people from work, the hubby, family and friends through my blackberry.  For me, BBM is LOVE :D  My Ipod gives me music (listening to Miss Saigon sound track at mo, and yes, I love musicals).  I'm a huge fan of Plants vs Zombies!  I play PvZ before going to sleep.  If I get stumped at an issue at work, I play PvZ to give me a short break.  I play it while waiting in line.  It's my daily doze of relaxation hehe



Blackberry earphones

 I need this for those quick calls with officemates or clients.  It works great as it takes out all the ambient noise and I get to hear clearly what the other person is saying in the other line.  And they won't know where I'm at!  Plus very convenient coz I'm hands free.

Landline with speaker phone

There are times when the wireless signal go haywire, like you know, last night, I have my speaker phone to use during conference calls.  The unit actually has a handphone, but for the life of me, I can't find it.  So all my landline calls are on speaker, even when I order our gas or set an appointment with our suking Spa LOL

External drives

Let's just say that I have lots of files, both work and not work related.  So I have lots of external drives.  There's even a red one, but it's plugged into our media drive downstairs.

I'm a fan of CD-R King

And because I have lots of stuff attached to my laptop, I need a USB port.  Hence the blue USB port from CD-R King.  And I when I need to upload pictures, I have the CD-R King card reader.  Both are really cheap and work well.  My card reader is already as old as my son and even survived about 2 other card readers.  My USB port is quite new, but so far, it's doing it's job really well.

Fan-ny han-ny

There's a small fan for my laptop.  And then a desk calendar, to keep me updated hehe!  And an well, an extension wire for the power cords.




To file and pay

 At the other end of the table, I keep the things to file, fill-out and pay.  I keep it in a separate corner where there's space for writing.

So, that's my work space.  What about yours?

Weaning myself

The past months/year, I've been hooked on a couple of things which I'd like to get away from:  Facebook and the Blackberry.  I'm always on Facebook, like the moment I sit on the bus or the shuttle on the way to the office, I'd open Facebook on my Blackberry and check what my friends have been up to while I was sleeping.  And then when I get to the office, after going through my emails, I'd open facebook and check on the albums.  When I get bored or loose my interest in work, I go to facebook.  Bad, huh?  So this year, I've resolved to check facebook less.  Starting with just opening twice a day and then eventually just once a day.

Blackberry.  Is both a source of happiness and pain.  Back in 2006, after I gave birth, I was handed a blackberry by my boss so it'll help me manage emails while on the road.  And it did just that, I was able to respond to emails while I was on the road and managed my workload once I got to the office, as I already knew which emails were urgent and which weren't.  But then it also somehow slowly took over my life, like when I'm home already, and I'd suddenly receive an email from our offices in NY or London, I would itch to respond to it... sometimes get stressed over it.  The email would be the last thing on my mind after I drift off to sleep and the first thing when I wake up... not good.  So now, I am really bent on not to check my blackberry after 9pm.  And to do that, I already turned off the blinking red light and got myself another cell phone to use when calling family.  It's still a struggle though, I still instinctively reach out for my blackberry on some nights.  I do think thought that every addiction requires a bit of weaning time.  Wish me luck! :D