# The Home Office Desks of Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-home-office-desks-of-discourse/221874
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-home-office-desks-of-discourse/221874 "2022-03-24T15:29:28Z")
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### Author: ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-home-office-desks-of-discourse/221874/5 "2022-03-25T07:18:56Z")

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> [@justin](#):
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> When I was buying the monitor lamp, I was thinking that it is just a gimmick. However, now I love it.

@kris.kotlarek I’ve seen those before and think they are very cool, but I’m not sure what the gimmick is, per se. Does it help you feel like you are in a different room, while just being in the differently lit corner?

I live in California, which just switched times because _reasons_, and I prefer working in dark spaces, and each time I _emerge_ my time sense is totally thrown off (because the sun is still up and shining in). It’s made me very curious about the affect of light on my focus and environment. 🙂

> [@justin](#):
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> What I love about my workspace is actually what is behind me while I work. I built this feature wall so that I don’t have a boring white wall behind me on video calls.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/0/70ab9da126031fa15e2c1d55b7a3455e42b7e5f9.jpeg)

👏

Wall-hacking is next level!

> [@justin](#):
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> and I have a lovely view out the window.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/c/2ce1f5e1813df50802d1a0bc8ed1c7c041b63a6f.jpeg)

@tobiaseigen that view is gorgeous! And I’m _very_ curious, what’s the orange panel in the wall? (I’m so into the color orange, _I_ would just hang an orange panel there. 🧡)

> [@justin](#):
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> It is very nice to work with the feel of the wind in your face, and the birds chirping around.

I learned during the pandemic that there are two background soundscapes that help me deeply focus:

1. High BPM, deep baselines
2. Bird song 😌

(It was because I got a mobile wifi spot working on a trail!)

> [@justin](#):
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> Gotta keep those La Croixs ice cold.

La Croix is my designated beverage I’m allowed to drink as much as I want, because the world is often very difficult, and at least I have sparkling water to get me through…

✨  
🌊

(I combine it with pebble ice for maximum _relaxation_.)

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Thanks everyone, I love getting a peak into the space folks create for themselves. You all are very inspiring (and I’m probably gonna buy a 38" Ultrawide monitor at some point now…). 🙂

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