Desk-Life

My desk is a place of productivity. It is a constant hive of activity, where I spend the majority of my 9-to-5 working-day assigning work orders, answering e-mails and researching for our group-project on Cultural Dimensions. Sitting somewhere on the boundary between rigid-structure and organized-chaos, here I am often to be found buried under piles of documents and numerous spreadsheets.

Before starting at Dwellworks, I had visions of the typical desk-life as an endless round of mundane tasks, carried out by a sea of dissatisfied, coffee-drinking employees. Three weeks into the internship and I can tell you that life at Dwellworks UK is anything but that. In fact, I can proudly state that not a single cup of coffee has been consumed since the beginning of my time here; being British, of course, tea is another matter entirely. The point is, on a day-to-day basis, I am so busy getting stuck in to my job that my days are far from mundane.

Something that I learnt very early on in the programme is the importance of maintaining a well-organized desk. This is crucial to the flow of the working day and even something as simple as filing your e-mails correctly can make doing your job one hundred times more successful. Post-it notes have become my saviours and at the beginning of each day, I try to write myself a to-do list which I will go through hour by hour to ensure that I get everything done.

Unfortunately, the sheer chaos of my bedroom is a testament to the fact that I am not a tidy person by nature. In the office, however, it is crucial to make sure that you uphold an orderly working-system. All I know is that if I am staring at a wall of clutter, my mind also becomes cluttered and this makes it impossible to do my job correctly.

During the day, our offices have a beautiful view of the River Fal and I enjoy spending my time here. Although work can sometimes get a little stressful, I have tried to make my desk as calm as possible in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes. It is definitely still in need of a desk plant, though.

Sophie

Destination Services Intern

Dwellworks UK