Procrastinating? 5 Easy Home Office Fixes For Better Productivity

Whether your work in the world is action-packed or introspective, full- or part-time, you can apply Essential Feng Shui guidelines to your home office to ignite your creativity, boost your success, and grow your business.

Did you know that Essential Feng Shui is a simple, powerful tool to boost your business and career?

Here are 5 easy Essential Feng Shui business tips to overcome procrastination and improve your productivity:

1. Desk Placement – No matter where your office is located within your home, it’s important to arrange the room to serve you in every detail. Your desk is ideally placed when you have a good view of the door from your desk chair and a solid wall behind you to give you a commanding view while supporting you from behind. (Notice how top executives never sit with their backs to the door.This often means positioning your desk or worktable like an island or peninsula in the room, rather than pushing it up against a wall.Do your best to make your desk attractive from every angle without exposed nests of wires or unfinished sides.If wires are a part of your work reality, bundle them together to run down one side of the desk.Or, choose a desk designed with an opening behind a front “modesty” panel where wires remain out of sight and the front of the desk shows well.When possible, install electrical outlets in the middle of the floor so that you won’t have to run wires over to a wall.
2. Upgrading Your Location – If you lose your window view in order to see the door, hang a mirror to reflect the view while you’re at your desk. If a window is directly behind your desk, enhance your sense of stability and protection by placing something substantial such as a large plant or credenza between you and the window.If you cannot bear to give up your window view, or can’t move a built-in desk, install a mirror so that you can see the door from your chair. A small compact or shaving mirror can work well, since its purpose is to reflect not you, but any motion occurring behind you. Art with reflective glass can also be used to catch any movement behind you.Ideally, mirrors reflect lovely views, so make sure that the reflection isn’t doubling a unpleasant one. Improve the view by de-cluttering the space and adding items such as flowers, art, or other attractive elements.
3. Furnishing for Career Success – When furnishing your home office, as with all rooms, keep stress and irritability to a minimum by choosing furniture without sharp corners. You may be able to aesthetically drape items with sharp corners or move them out of the traffic flow by turning them at a diagonal in the room or storing them in closets.Although your desk’s color, shape, and material are personal choices, most people work best at a wooden or medium-toned surface that provides the right amount of contrast without visual strain. Paper tends to disappear on pure white surfaces and contrast dramatically on black surfaces. Either extreme can cause eyestrain. Clear glass desks seem to disappear beneath paper, which can also strain the eyes.Because your desk chair is your throne, choose the most comfortable one possible! This cannot be emphasized enough.Your capacity to produce and prosper is considerably enhanced by a great work chair. Treat yourself to one that is ergonomically correct with excellent lumbar support and adjustable height. And always sit in a chair before you buy it to be absolutely sure you’ve truly found your throne.
4. Getting and Staying Organized – Being organized in your home office is not an option—it’s mandatory.Your creativity must have a place to flow.A space cluttered with extraneous items diminishes your creativity, energy level, and ability to attract new opportunities. Depending on your type of work, return your office to order either at the end of each day or project so that your productivity can continually flourish.If you find yourself up to your third eye in chaos and can’t seem to pull yourself out, hire a professional organizer to identify your personal work style and help you organize your workspace accordingly.With or without help, it’s critical to discover your personal work style so that you can maintain an organized and clutter-free home office.
5. Office Sensuality – To personalize your home office, turn to your five senses. If you want to overcome procrastination, your powerhouse of productivity isn’t created with leftover art, mismatched furniture, or drab colors.Give each of your senses serious consideration.Decide what sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feelings elicit your creative energy and resourcefulness.You may love to work at a rosewood desk in a big leather chair listening to classical music while sipping strong coffee from a china cup; or you may prefer a more ethereal work world comprised of lavender walls, New Age music, angel art, crystal goblets of spring water, and a deep purple velvet chair.

Surround yourself with what keeps you inspired, creative, and productive. Make your home office a powerhouse where you can manifest your purpose in the world with grace and ease.

Terah Kathryn Collins is a best-selling author and the founder of the Western School of Feng Shui®. She is also the originator of Essential Feng Shui®, which focuses on the many valuable applications Feng Shui has in our Western culture while honoring the essence of its Eastern heritage.

Her 6 inspirational books on the subject have sold over a million copies worldwide. Terah’s latest book, Western Guide to Feng Shui for Romance is now available as an ebook! View it here.