Shelter (Workspace)

Shelter protects you from the elements. It can also keep out the predators and help you retain your body heat.

Even better is the psychological effect; you have claimed a part of the land for your own. you have used your hands to create something where there was nothing. The forms of shelter can be varied, from a simple lean-to to a complex wood-and-mud hut.

Likewise, your workspace can vary. You might have your own separate office. You might claim a corner of the dining room table while working. Your office might even be the laptop in the bag strung across your shoulder.

But that doesn’t make it any less of an office…as long as it is fully functional. Can you write copy? Correspond with clients? Maintain files? Create and send invoices? Conduct interviews? Well, then, it’s practically perfect.

We’re lucky in that our job doesn’t generally require a bunch of specialized tools. We could resort to simple pen and paper if we had to. But that doesn’t mean that the distinction between working and not-working isn’t an important one.

Your workspace should help make that transition clear. There should be a defined “inside” and  “outside,” even if there are no literal walls.