I wrote yesterday about how laughter, silliness and play interspersed throughout a work day can be inspirational and help to alleviate every-day stress. As I straighten my desk and light a couple candles to warm and glow in the early morning hours before I start work, I realize that beauty and pleasant surroundings can be inspirational for a home business owner too.
We’ve talked about organization and Feng Shui for the home business and the home office, but in the bustling function of trying to work at a home business, aesthetics and beauty can very easily get overlooked. Many of us are used to focusing on function and efficiency and that doesn’t always leave room for the vase of fresh flowers or the pretty colored filing folders!
I think one of the glorious things about working from a home business is that we don’t have to contend with another person’s décor. Of course, this can work both ways–if we are not the sort of person who is much for the aesthetics and decorating, then we might actually enjoy the fact that someone else keeps an office looking lovely. However, not all of us have been fortunate enough to work in lovely offices–some of us have a history of warehouses, cubicles, cheap used furniture and other uninspiring realities. With our home office or our home work environment, however, we can make the space fit our temperament and our own personal likes and tastes.
Having things around us that look beautiful and appeal to our sense of culture or just pleasantries can be incredibly inspiring. I think anything to take the drudge out of working is a good thing, anyway, and what is the point of having a home business if we don’t make it into something that feels great for us?