Creating Space at Home
How can you separate your work space from your fun space, your food space from your sleep space? Why is it important anyway!? Our Senior Girls Worker, Kate has the answer…
“So during lockdown it could become really easy to become a potato and end up spending a lot of time in one space. Especially if you’re like me and have a tendency to cocoon and hide away when dealing with change…I’ve found it really strange adapting to a routine in my house and this week I’ve decided to really consider how I’m making use of “spaces”. It can become really easy to get stuck in one place…especially in bed (which is one of my favourite places and often my “safe space”). But it’s really important that during this time you establish some different boundaries for where your rest and sleep space is and where your work or activities space is!
It’s really central for healthy sleep that your mind recognises your bed as a place of rest and that sleep is what you associate it with. So do your best not to spend all of your time there. This week I have set up a work space in my kitchen so that I can differentiate it between where I rest and where I work, so there feels like that difference between spaces… which in normal life are separated by a commute! I am going to use my living room for my rest/none work time and then have a yoga mat out in the spare room for doing a bit of stretching and exercise.
I know that figuring out space will feel weird for many at the moment... particularly when you’re having to negotiate that space with others in your household. How about having a discussion and making it a joint activity to move things around a bit to make it work for all of you? Make your spaces fun too! How about thinking of some fun ways to decorate it or make it as relaxing as possible - my new kitchen table “desk” has plants and a scented candle on it to help with that hygge vibe! It will feel strange and take some getting used to right now…and that’s ok. Remember to be gentle with yourself and others, you’re all doing your best in the circumstances.”
Love Kate x
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