Summer Office Survival Methods:
- Start your day with lots of water (yes, before coffee). Remember that you need even more water than normal at this time of year.
- Make a good playlist (or a few) and use it to make the commute and those less-than-exciting projects more enjoyable.
- Use a pretty bowl to keep produce and other healthy snacks on your desk for exactly the moments when you need them.
- Those gift cards that you got from that exchange or won in that raffle? Choose to use them for pre-, mid- or post-work treats this summer!
- Clean out and sanitize your office. If you’d like, rearrange or update your decorations.
- Take a walk break or a few during the work day. Bonus points for getting out into the sunlight (with your shades), asking a coworker to come along or calling your Grandma to say hi.
- Use any flex or early-off time options to do special outings or accomplish errands: strategize about them sooner rather than later so that you have more flexibility. Easily knock out that medical test, haircut or play tourist in your area at a venue that you haven’t gotten to after standard work hours.
- Finally splurge on the matcha powder (or other fun beverage) to have it handy at your desk.
- If you can, take advantage of the office being more deserted and work or take a call from a nearby coffee shop, park or pretty hotel lobby to mix things up.
- Deal with your files. Schedule an hour or a few for a delayed “spring” cleaning of your physical and digital files—it’s technically still spring until late June.
- Decorate with a new plant or flower. $5 flowers from Trader Joe’s or the corner stand? They’ll probably bring you joy longer than a $5 latte.
- And if you’re able to take space in the evening after work: Turn your phone off for a few hours.
- Make time to read or write on a beautiful bench.
- Actually make one of those awesome recipes that you’ve saved.
- Take the slow way home and enjoy the sights along the way.
All the best for your summer,
Jessica
