Designing my day
In the creative co-working space, we’ve been talking a lot about planning. And the more I think about it, the more I’m struck by how planning has its own aesthetics.
It’s like curating our time the way we’d curate any visual space.
Since I was a kid, I loved rearranging my room. I would move the furniture around, trying different layouts, looking for something that felt just right. I’d find the perfect relationships between things, and for a while, it was great. Then I would become bored with it and move it around again.
Those first few days, I could really see all the things in the room, like each piece was in conversation with the others.
But eventually, that freshness fades, and I’d stop noticing it. That’s when I knew it was time for another change, another experiment in finding that feeling again.
Now I realize that arranging my day or my week is a bit like that. It’s an aesthetic act, a kind of design project in itself. I’m asking myself: what is the most elegant way to arrange these activities? How do I lay out my time so that it feels enjoyable and balanced? And how do I keep it from turning stale?
One of the most important things when arranging a room is finding the best view out of the window. I want to position things so that I can see clearly, notice more.
It’s the same with work—how do I arrange my tasks and projects so that I get the clearest view of what I’m trying to achieve? How do I keep my perspective fresh and make space for taking a creative approach to work?
