How to Feng Shui Your Cubicle
If you're going to spend eight hours a day sitting in a space not much bigger than your average bathroom, you need to employ feng shui -- the Chinese art of placement -- that can turn your cubicle into the ch'i-attracting environment it needs to be. After all, if there's one place where you need to maximize good fortune and minimize bad luck, it's at work.
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Cleaning crews may come in, but aside from an empty wastebasket, it's usually hard to tell. Bring in your own cloths and cleaning solution to use on a regular basis to get at the dirt most cleaning crews always seem to miss. Try a natural combination of water, vinegar and tea tree oil. Start clearing and cleaning your cubicle from top to bottom. Empty cabinets and drawers of their contents to clean inside. Clear your desk of everything and wipe it down --keyboard, mouse and monitor included. Just pile everything onto the floor and under your desk until your storage spaces are clean.
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Avoid the habitual inclination to put everything back where it was. Put some thought into where each item can best be utilized with the least effort on your part.
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Get rid of anything you don't need or use. If it's not something you can simply return to the supply closet, ask your office manager or supervisor what should be done with it. Dig into those files that have been building and bulging for months, maybe even years. Get rid of what you can and straighten the rest.
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Move your computer so that your back is not to the door. You're blocking good energy by having your back to the entryway. If the logistics of your cubicle do not allow for you to face the door, hang a mirror on your cubicle wall beside your monitor, positioned in such a way that you can see when people come to your door.
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If you do not already have a live plant in your cubicle, bring one from home. It will help circulate nourishing ch'i throughout the space. If possible, bring a couple of plants and place them on either side of your door to attract good ch'i to your cube.
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Work is a great place to enhance the wealth area of your life. To enhance the wealth area in your cubicle, put something purple in the far-left corner from the door.
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Hang some pictures of landscapes on your cubicle walls. They create the illusion of windows and also create the kind of peaceful environment you need to feel at ease, which is the ultimate intention of feng shui. Bodies of water are especially helpful, as water is associated with the career area of your life.
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Tips & Warnings
Afternoon sun coming in from the west can be oppressive. If you're affected by it in your cubicle, and you have a place to do so, hang a crystal ball to turn this negative ch'i into a rainbow of nourishing color.
It's tempting to wallpaper cubicles with photographs, cartoons, calendars, clippings and posters. Keep it to a minimum, as it can start to look like one big chaotic mess which, ultimately, you'll start to feel inside.
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