Meme-Me

[llcoolvad]

10 things that make me happy during my daily grind
(Meme courtesy of cicadabug)

1. Diet Coke and the endless supply of ice in the fridges all over the building
   
2. Livejournal, BoingBoing, kottke, metafilter, making light, all the other bloggy things I read to keep me occupied
   
3. My commute — 15 minutes, seven of them through woods
   
4. My iPod, and now that it's baseball season again, Gameday Audio, so I never have to miss a game
   
5. Some of my coworkers, including the bestest cube-mate ever! (Other pictures of my office in that set, although the pictures of my cube are old)
   
6. The nap room; sometimes I take break there. There's a bed, and a clock-radio, and you can turn the lights OFF. Nice.
   
7. Having two monitors — makes me feel VERY tech
   
8. My ottoman that I bought especially for work and keep under my desk. Every day I love it more. Happy legs!
   
9. I have a wall of windows behind me. Of course I keep the blinds down a lot of the time due to glare, but I like having them anyway
   
10. My laptop, even with previously mentioned issues. It's a Thinkpad T41 and has pretty good battery life and is cute

Um, I guess it also makes me happy that I do a really good job all day long and am a department resource, yadda yadda?

Comments

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

So are your feet elevated at work on a cushy surface at work? I never would have thought of that. Cool.

Mine:
1. Snacks in drawer
2. Lunch
3. Solving puzzles for co-workers
4. Walking to other areas for information
5. Fast internet access
6. Work stays at work
7. Jacket, plus extra sweater in drawer
8. Creating good training materials
9. Postcards hanging up all around office
10. Flexible lunch time.

I have a nice window with a great view behind me, but almost never look out of it.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I had knee surgery a while ago and needed to prop my foot up to get through a shift. I used to use a box of printer paper, but that was sorta uncomfortable. One day I was wandering thru Target and noticed they had a bunch of cheap ottomans ($19.95) and the brainstorm struck. I don't need to prop it up anymore, but I like it! I can now get maximum slouchage while I work, and that makes me happy.

3. I do that, too, but (depending on the coworker) it can be the least favorite part of my day
6. Mine too; I hadn't thought of that here, but it's a huge plus isn't it?
10. Also me too, and it's been so long in this position now (over 6 years) that I forgot that sometimes it's not like that!

I think having postcards hanging up would both make me happy and make me insanely unhappy because I was stuck in my cube and not at any of the places on the postcards. I have a calendar hanging up that some days does that to me.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

My co-workers are all appreciative and nice and fun, so that helps.

I know what you mean about the postcards making you unhappy sometimes. I recently told a co-worker that it was unfair of her to wear such summery clothes because it made me wish I was somewhere besides work!

I forgot to mention flexible bathroom breaks. I've had jobs where you get a fifteen-minute break (or lunch) every two hours and that's it. It's nice that sometimes you can use the bathroom twice in one hour if necessary, and you don't even have to ask anyone!

And I also forgot to mention that sometimes my job requires walking to a different building. I really like that--it feels like goofing off during paid time.