Feng Shui my desktop wallpaper
I don’t normally share this type of thing. It is not because it is too personal. It is more that is seems to be impersonal. But I do find that the way we organize our desk can be reflective of how we organize our life. Does the old saying stand true, a [tag]messy desk equals an ordered mind[/tag]. Well, yes and no. No surprise all the research has found that for their to be creativity in the clutter there must be method to the mess.
For me, if I am surrounded by big piles, I think ” OH MY GOD I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO!” and this stressed me out. If everything is clean, I think, “Hey, I’m done.” So if I am not done and not overwhelmed, neither is the best solution. I try to clean my desk at the end of the day (because I am done). During the day, I have my piles that develop. But I clean them up as I go through them. If you see me behind a wall of files, it is because I am slowly being crushed to death by my work and why hasn’t anyone noticed that I need an assistant?
What I just recently realized is how much security we attach to our piles. I realized this because my user account on my work computer had to be recreated. I diligently went through and copied over my personal files and my email. What I didnt do, was grab stuff like my desktop sticky notes or my music.
Sitting back down, in front of a functioning computer again, it suddenly feels foreign. My tool bar is in the wrong place. My programs are not all loaded. What happened to my sticky notes…I have important information on those (which would be really annoying to have to recreate). and what about my [tag]BACKGROUND[/tag]! It is all so foreign. My desk looks the same. My pens are still in their jar. My post-it notes are stuck around my desk and my monitor. But the place where I do most of my work is completely unfamiliar.
So I have been slowly recreating my old [tag]desktop[/tag]. Putting things back in their rightful place. When it came time to do the wallpaper on my desktop, I realized that it was time for a new one. As I was looking though screen after screen of wallpaper, I began to think how important this tiny detail is in how we emotionally confront our computer. If I have something peaceful, I am more relaxed. If I have something busy, I feel hectic. If I have something too distracting, my mind wonders. It is amazing how such a small detail can really affect how you interact with your machinery.
I looked into [tag]office Feng Shui[/tag] and tried to find something about your computer wallpaper and general harmony. But I guess Feng Shui really only relates to organizing objects in your physical enviroment. Your desktop wall paper falls somewhere between your physical environment and your perceived environment. Physically it is actually a monitor. Mentally is is your primary work space and often leisure space. Here is another interesting issue, do we seperate leisure from work enough if we do both on the computer? Well that is a question for another post.
Anyway, I usually pick natural things to put as my background. No this is not a lame techno attempt at being Green. What I mean is I pick nature scenes. So here is my plug, hands down National Geographic has the coolest nature photographs! I am sure this is not a huge shock to you, nor should it be. Beyond having great photos, they have set a lot of them up as wallpaper, all you have to do is select your size. It is really pretty amazing, if I were you I would go RIGHT NOW and see them! WOW!
How cool is this! This is a photo from the Kart Cave.
This is what I currently have….ah, so peaceful.
So my enthusiasm might be a little misplaced, it is only desktop [tag]wallpaper[/tag]. But I am pretty enthralled with it…and you get to learn stuff (because you just can’t help it when you go to Nationalgeographic.com)
Regardless of if you think a messy desk makes your brilliant or a clean one means your are also brilliant, because apparently none of us who sit at desks are anything other than brilliant. Maybe we should take some of the Feng Shui lessons and apply them to our computer. It is a space that become less virtual the more time we spend in it.
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