For the Action Oriented, finding focus requires organized working environments that inspire the mind and leave no room for confusion.
Elite Athletes stay on track with training by planning their efforts in advance and incorporating breaks which refresh the body and spirit.
Desk Jockeys require similar conditions for optimal performance and with a bit of techno tweaking can apply the same principles to their advantage!
This Month’s Mission is to De-stress your Desktop!
Mission: Cut through the ‘Cyber Chaos’ and create a peaceful working space by clearing clutter from your computer!
Objective: This will help enhance creativity and clarity whilst promoting a state of calm making it easier to manage your workload and web mail rather than allowing them to dominate your day!
Brief: Start by downloading a useful application that will make sourcing sites that much easier. Next add some visual synergy to your screen with a wallpaper application that allows you to rotate relaxing scenes that inspire your dreams. Finally, make fitness functional with Break Pal an automated program of exercises you can do at your desk!
Resources: Everything you need to De-stress your Desktop!
“Find a tasty text that you don’t have time to read?” Instead of adding it to the billions you already bookmarked go to instapaper.com and register for a free ‘basic’ version (or pay $5.99 for the pro). This gives you access to a ‘Read Later’ button for your bookmark bar.
This makes finding the appetizing article a breeze, you simply click on the button and once you have logged in the piece will appear in a panel. There is also an archive to store articles you want to refer back to or read again. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch there is an application for this also.
Download the Webshots Desktop Application and Toolbar
With just one click, you can have calendar wallpapers and animated photo screensavers featuring:
Your photos
Your friends’ photos
Webshots Pro Shots photos
Public Webshots Community photos
Making it easy to manage and organize all your photos!
Plus the included toolbar lets you upload and search for photos right from your browser.
Register for a free trial of Break Pal an interactive and innovative way to stay flexible and fit from behind your desk!
How it works:
Every 30 minutes (or whatever time interval you set it to go off at) BreakPal will pop up on your computer screen and remind you to exercise. The program will then direct you to a video with an exercise of your choice.
Exercises vary from simple stretches to whatever. Martial arts, aerobics, yoga, Tai Chi, Chi kung and soon all kinds of crazy stuff like belly dancing and Salsa dance. New exercises are added on a continual basis to keep things interesting. No boring office stretches here (unless that’s what you want).
