Travel & Humanitarian Photos
One of the many great things about my job is that I’m not constrained by location too much. Indeed, it’s better for me to be able to work in whatever place I happen to be.
The commute
Today is one of those days when you know for sure that there’s absolutely nowhere on earth that you’d rather be. England on a sunny spring day is unbeatable and this is one of the times when living here pays off big time. A spring-time England is so green that saying it’s “very green” really doesn’t do it justice. I’ve never seen a green as intense and vibrant as the green of an English spring. It’s a green that’s so green that it almost glows. It’s not just green, it’s greeeeeeeeeen.
You get the idea.
Arriving at the office
So, unfettered by the need to be in a particular office, I chucked my laptop into a shoulder bag and drove out to The Vyne, a National Trust house and garden where they’ve thoughtfully placed seats beside the river for those of us eager to extend the definition of hot-desking.
I’ll consciously change perspective when I’m taking photographs. I’ll crouch down, stand on a wall, step outside a room or even put the camera on the floor. It all helps prompt creative thinking and, by definition, enables you to see things from a different angle.
My desk
Changing physical surroundings achieves the same result. I’m sitting on a bench beside the river and suddenly my thought processes are opening up as wide and far-reaching as the view before me. So, if you’re able to change your own surroundings for a few hours I suggest you do so. If there’s a particular issue that you’d like to apply a more creative approach to, step outside of your familiar environment and let the change in surroundings inspire you. If you have to work in a particular location then at least move to another desk, take a walk to a part of the office that you don’t usually visit, go and chat to somebody that you haven’t spoken with for a while.
The Cafeteria
I recorded a few seconds of audio too.
I don’t think there can be anything much more relaxing than the sound of birdsong.
A special prize to the first person to identify the bird that was singing in the tree above my “desk” this afternoon.
Me? I had some great ideas this afternoon. The best of which is that it should always be spring-time in England.