To wit: I dial into a lot of meetings and I don't like wearing headphones to do it if I can help it. I don't like feeling "observed" while I'm trying to work. I fidget constantly. I walk around. I do push ups. I stretch. I talk to myself. I take 20 minute nap breaks. Sometimes I walk around the block. This is in stark contrast to the BH who can sit down at his desk for 8 hours and churn through code (helped by, as far as I can tell, a bare calendar). He certainly models what coding "looks like" to an outside observer. I don't, and I'm feeling self conscious about it.
Enter the new office. We've talked for years about tearing down some collapsing outbuildings and erecting a shed and I've talked for years about immediately turning that shed into studio space. But that's a far future sort of plan, and I have a near future need to get work done. So I'll be working from here.
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| Not shown: the 55 degree high temp. |
What you're looking at here is a convention tent with sides, anchored down by surplus Fiesta wheels and a palm tree. It's floored with some sort of foam interlocking gym mat, the table comes from the side of the road, and seating is a yoga block. Climate will be provided by a heated blanket. I've cunningly accessorized with kettlebells.
On the one hand, whether it will work long term is anyone's guess. On the other hand, it, or some iteration of it, has to work long term, so I'll iterate toward a successful setup (helped, I'm sure, by the passage of seasons and eventual warmer weather).
I took yesterday off as a rebalancing day to deal with the new shelter-in-place reality and set up the new office. I had a mostly-successful video call (we'll need to move the wifi access point closer to the tent) and an extremely successful 5pm cocktail hour. Today is my first working day, and I'm sure I'll have more to iterate on tonight.
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| The view. Much better than inside. |
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