On Thursday I spent about 9 hours inside a hotel attending a conference.
It was a great event: food, speakers, breakouts, vendors, familiar faces, new faces…all energizing and inspiring.✨
But around the 5 hour mark I started to hit the wall, realizing the pace of the day and energy of the space was getting to me.😔
I don’t spend 8 hours in a row anywhere these days (except maybe home).
I have the luxury of working in different places and changing tasks or locations almost anytime I want.
Apparently, I really thrive on that – much more than I knew.
I forgot how draining it can be – being in the same place hour after hour (day after day).
My corporate career consisted of long hours in event, conference and trade show management.
During prime weeks I would enter a building by 7am and often not leave until almost midnight😴
Same building. All. Day. Long!
Sure, there were breaks, but still, it’s no wonder I burned out!!🔥
At the time, I blamed my breakup with corporate culture on the type of work, the pace, and the hours … never considering how much the environment had contributed.
On Thursday afternoon, as I was waiting for the next program to begin, I wondered how everyone in traditional business settings can stand spending 8 hours or more a day inside the same spaces?!
Honestly, how?!??
All that artificial light … all the beige walls … all the temperature controlled air 😱😱
Imagine if all builders, businesses and institutions paid attention to this and took better care to balance their interior spaces.
☀️More windows and natural light…
☀️More elements from nature…
☀️More color…
☀️More fresh air…
(Yup, this is what I daydream about between break outs sessions!)
And I’ll tell you what would happen …
✳️People would be happier….
✳️They’d work harder and learn better…
✳️And be willing to stay longer…
✳️They’d have more energy at the end of the day …
✳️So they’d have better family time…
✳️Everyone would be healthier too…
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
It seems like a no-brainer!
An investment that would pay off from the bottom to the top.
It’s another reason why I do the work I do …
Because it makes a difference for people … from the conference attendee to all the corner offices …
And the return on investment is always worth it.
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