Day 27 - Balance

Woohoo! Finally getting a large item off my to do list of home career things. Granted, it definitely does not make a serious dent in my future workload, it is something off my list that will allow me additional focus on other items.

Specifically, I needed to overhaul my home office. Too cramped, no storage, no work room on my desk, and my husband and I were stumbling over each other constantly. He has been working on more projects as well, so between that and me trying to expand my career at home, it was getting frustrating. I realized that if I was going to continue to spend more time planning and growing my career in the home office, it needed some help.

My goal was to spend between $1000-1500, hopefully closer to a $1000 so I could take the remainder and invest in Dreamweaver. But alas, after several weeks of searching, I just couldn't do the desk configuration I needed for the tight room space without spending a bit more. So after finally finding a desk today, likely will be around 1300-1500, and dreamweaver will have to wait.

My to do list has been as follows: painting the room a new color, new blinds, general spring cleaning, new (used) desk, better lighting, wall shelves, storage cabinet, dry erase boards, and maybe a cork board if I can find a spot for it, and general organization. The room has to function for two people and two PCs, with both people having their own personal 'zones' so to speak. I am buying used furniture to keep costs down, and shopping craigslist as much as I can for other items.

Phew, so at the moment, I am waiting for primer to dry, so I can get the paint color on tonight before bed. I am sitting on the floor in a guestroom, hooked up the PC so I could make sure to blog tonight. Should be able to move all the purchased furniture in tomorrow, and after that will just need to work on wall shelves and a few accessories.

Day 27 results
Wake 5 am - Done
Meditate - Done (30 minutes plus 60 of writing)
Work Goals - Done
Daily Blog Entry - Done
Yoga - Not done, but super work out today with furniture and office overhaul
Evening Prep - Done
Home work time - Done

I am excited that by the end of the weekend I will have a new workspace to organize all the items I have going on. The cats are not thrilled, they are going to be sacrificing a cat tree for more work area. I am going to build alternative 'nooks' for them, just not going to take up a ton of room like before. They spend as much time in the office as me, so if I do not plan 'cat zones', then I will find myself constantly butting them off the desk and keyboards. One learns how to keep balance with three felines in the house, and this includes planning appropriote places for them to hang out.

Off to continue painting and cleaning....