We’re almost done with February. By now, all of the positive thinking you promised yourself that you were going to apply to your work life when you rang in the new year has likely dissipated. Your desk is a mess. Your “positive attitude” towards your boss or your co-workers either never materialized at all or has waned like a sunset. This is no way to live. You need to take things into your own hands before you have yet another emotional breakdown when someone asks you to do “just one thing, real quick” at 4pm on a Friday.
Start slowly, by perking up your office/cubicle/stupid open office desk space that has proven to be the opposite of contributing to a more efficient work environment. Inspirational prints and colorful accessories won’t make you completely happy, but it’s better than nothing right? Certainly better than the raise you didn’t get this year, amiright?