Relax, I’m not going to suggest you get rid of that coffee cup. If I did, most of you would stop reading. Our work spaces are expressions of ourselves and “the desk” is usually the focal point. There are many types of desks. There is the very commonly recognized L-shaped desk usually made of steel, you know, the one you bang your knee on at least once a day. There is also the stately”executive”desk; the one that requires a small army of people to get it into the office building. Then, there is the desk that you won’t bother decorating much because there is no room to do so (aka: the cubicle desk). Regardless of the type, more importantly is …

Today is my birthday and I took the day off. I didn’t always do this. There was a time when the demands of life, usually my job, took priority over my own birthday. I had important things to do, so I told myself, even though throughout the day I would imagine places I would rather be. But, year after year, there I was….at work. I wasn’t the only one. Others would come to work on their birthdays expecting at least a card or a fifteen minute afternoon break where coworkers would gather around the obligatory birthday cake. Isn’t it funny how no one knows what to do at these things? Do we sing? Can we ask how old they are? …