The time is always right...

High ceilings and high hopes

I just finished reading an interesting book by Scott Belsky that helped me to re-think the ways in which I work. I definitely recommend it if you like to reflect on your own systems.

Coffee talk with my new "co-workers"

I have traded in a water cooler for decaf lattes with skim.

Instead of a cubicle, I share my space: six laptops to a hulking wooden table with many knots.

I have different co-workers every day, though some are recurring.

Me & Mr. T

I'm sitting at my table. Tea mug next to me, its mossy-colored liquid rippling and sending its tea bag on mini waves to the beat of my laptop typing. Mr. Tea looks on. He's got his classic mean grill going. But he's just serious. And seriously misunderstood.

I'm glad he's here, because so far, the weirdest thing about working "for myself" is the silence.

Six years of thanks

I cleared everything off of my desk last Friday and it all sits in boxes in my living room today.
A yellow bowl,
Leftover tea,
HR books,
Books about leadership and building community,
"Charlie the camel,"
Cards from friends,
Pictures.
Six years into boxes.
It's heavy.