#workspace personality

[princessoftheroad]

Find out right now who you are and why you do things the way you do.

[gr00vyashley]

Redrew them on post it notes so they can keep me company on my school cintiq :)))

[mildmayfoxe]

sometimes i come into work and i have to look for things in a room that looks like this and it makes me so incandescently angry that i have to leave before i start breaking things on purpose

[gingermintpepper]

Actually, since it's not going to come up anytime soon and I ended up finalising all of the kids' 'childhood' work-spaces before I finished Apollo's, allow me a moment to talk briefly about what a few of these workrooms look like.

Ares: Snakes, snakes, snakes! One expects his room to be filled with weapons and battle dummies - and those things are certainly in there! - but most of his workroom is essentially a glorified terrarium where he's able to keep track of his little snake friends like the Ismenian and Colchian Dragons. Humid, slightly misty and filled with leafy foliage, still waters and twisting branches, there's shed skin decorating his walls, fangs and skulls mounted like prized weapons, and he even had drawings of his most beloved serpent-children done on the jars and cups he keeps in his room. Hephaestus gives all his dud-weapons and over-wrought metal to Ares for him to practice as roughly as he wants with so Ares also has a lot of unorthodox looking, completely impractical weapons laying around or mounted on his walls. Jars of dragons' teeth and eagle/vulture feathers are on his shelves and he keeps some on hand in his sparring area so he can train against Sown Men when he's testing new weapons or just trying to keep sharp. He also uses the Sown Men to puzzle out formations and battle maneuvers. He has a small rest area in the warmest part of his workroom where he keeps writings about tactics and politics that both Athena and Zeus have compiled along with a few of the scarce preserved texts from Iapetus. He has a dream-charm given to him by his father that's made from Aquila's shed feathers and is meant to keep the phantoms of his battles from haunting him when he rests. Though Ares is supposed to keep it on him at all times, he treasures it too much to risk it becoming undone, so he keeps it safe here.

Hephaestus: Hot and dry one moment and then ice-cold the next, Hephaestus has one of the bigger workspaces. Not to be confused with his forges (which are massive, and at this point are only twofold - his first, more private forge on the banks of Oceanus and the second 'work' forge deep in the belly of Mount Vulcanus where he collaborates with the Cyclops) Hephaestus' workspace is half a storage spot for rare and otherwise unattainable ores, materials and stone and half a place for him to clear his head and recenter himself. It's naturally very cold in Hephaestus' workspace and the layout is labyrinthine with long sprawling hallways that are very dark and lead to wide open rooms that are borderline cavernous in their depth. Fennel torches are on every wall in even intervals and it's very easy to tell what parts of the space are and are not occupied based on which torches are lit. Just as Ares has his Sown Men, Hephaestus has his Golden Handmaidens who assist him in a lot of the busywork of getting around, especially when it comes to lighting the hallway torches or getting materials out from hard to reach areas. His favourite room is the hearth-room which is where he's stored all of Prometheus' old research and work. Considering Prometheus was his teacher, his works are all Hephaestus has left of him and there is still much Prometheus never got the chance to teach him written down in the books. There are also tons of half completed crafts and blueprints scattered about the hearth-room along with some of the assorted jewellry Hephaestus is eternally repairing on the center table for the myriad gods. There's a loom in his hearth-room since he's interested in weaving but he's terrible at it. He can straight stitch just fine though.

Athena: Definitely has the most seemingly chaotic/disorganised workspace on first glance; Athena's space is not so much big as it is tall. The walls are ever-shifting tapestries that Athena weaves from her loom and the rack of her strings travels all across the length of her workspace. She keeps track of all kinds of events this way - meetings, histories, to-do-lists - she weaves all of it and add it to her big tapestry. Along with these, her space is stacked with books, scrolls and tablets with no particular focus. She's a collector of information and she's a voracious reader, intent on learning as much as she can from the mistakes of her predecessors as possible. Just as Ares has Iapetus' old writings and Apollo has Coeus', Athena has Crius' old writings and studies. She inherited some of it naturally but most of it, especially with respect to Crius' constellation mapping and the orientation of the stars are things she requisitioned from Pallas after she conquered him. If one can make sense of all the threads and the thousand-stories sewn into the walls and the stacks and stacks of books and navigate deeper into her workspace, they'll find carefully hung and displayed fabrics and garments and a lot of stone and wood carvings. Mostly likenesses of some of the animals around Olympus like Ares' snakes or Aphrodite's doves, but there are also in-progress models of temples and buildings that she tinkers away at when she's not otherwise occupied. Even deeper into her woven walls is a little klin area where she produces custom pottery when she wants to create in secret, usually for gifts to others.

[arc-tu-rus]

Following @crownedinmarigolds in posting workspaces!! I am proud of this decor so I must admit I love any opportunities to show it off (ꈍᴗꈍ✿)

I do wish I could hide the pc cables better, and I wish it existed more "visuals" of peripherals instead of only variations of LED (imagine the pc with vintage-y looks!!), but alas...

Side shelf cropped because it's a mess rn, but here it is :D

[kirishwima]

me after every 24hr shift: I hate this this is a recipe for disaster no wonder every doctor's burnt out as fuck I'm quitting

me after pay day: ...yeah okay

[hermeysdentalequipment]

Astonished. Shocked. Psychically damaged. In the year of our lord 2024, I walk up to a station at work and see this left by a coworker. I want to commit cringe seppuku.

[splatqueen8166]

Sorry about me being inactive

I've been really busy with school and I've been going out a lot more than I used too. This is my art assignment! I'm working on it as I speak and it's taking a little while. (It was due yesterday as posting this...)

I'll get back to splatoon soon!!

[unequalnomore]

The Endless Maze: Escaping the Trap of Perpetual Work

In our society, we're often sold the idea that hard work is the key to success and satisfaction. But what if this promise is just a mirage in an endless maze? A maze where the more we work, the more work there seems to be, leaving us running in circles, always chasing but never quite reaching that elusive sense of accomplishment.

Consider this scenario: A young professional climbs the ladder from an apprenticeship earning £3.85 an hour to a position just above minimum wage. On paper, it looks like progress. But the reality? They're trapped in a maze of constant financial stress, struggling to afford a small house in an affordable area, with no vacation in over a decade.

You might think, "But they're doing better than most." And therein lies the cruel irony of our current system. We've normalized a reality where even those in "good" jobs are struggling, where the prospect of advancement comes with an unspoken caveat - dedicate your entire life to your work, only to find more work waiting around the next corner.

Professional exams, for instance, aren't just testing knowledge or skill. They're testing how much of your personal life you're willing to sacrifice in this maze. Evenings, weekends, hobbies - all consumed by the never-ending pursuit of the next checkpoint, the next promotion, the next payrise. But does reaching these checkpoints ever truly bring satisfaction? Or does it just reveal another stretch of the maze, with even more demanding challenges?

We need to challenge this narrative. A fulfilling life shouldn't be an endless series of work-related goals, each accomplished only to reveal more work. We all deserve time for hobbies, exploration, and fun. These aren't luxuries; they're essential waypoints in the maze of life, offering moments of genuine satisfaction and growth.

By accepting a system where we're expected to dedicate our whole lives to our jobs, always chasing the next target, we're not just harming ourselves. We're perpetuating a cycle that affects everyone, from those in professional careers to those on minimum wage or benefits. We're all running in this maze, some with more obstacles than others, but all of us struggling to find the exit to true satisfaction.

It's time we valued ourselves beyond our productivity. It's time we demanded a life outside of this work maze. Because if those in "good" jobs are struggling to find balance and satisfaction, imagine the pressure on those with fewer resources.

We need to redefine success. It shouldn't be about how far we can run in this endless maze of work, but about how well we can live, how much joy we can find in the journey. It's not about complaining - it's about recognizing that the current system is unsustainable for most of us, trapping us in a cycle of perpetual work without true fulfillment.

Let's start a conversation about escaping this maze. About valuing our time, our hobbies, our personal growth. About finding satisfaction not in endless work, but in the richness of a life well-lived. Because a society that only values us for our ability to navigate an endless work maze is a society that's lost sight of what truly matters.

It's time to stop running and start living. The real satisfaction isn't at the end of the maze - it's in choosing to step off the prescribed path and create our own.

[demyrie]

Rainbow mornings in the happy place

[goatsandgangsters]

sprucing up my cubicle with a mostly-Impressionist mini gallery wall

[starmocha]

In a new post, list the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I just stumbled upon this and wanted to do it for funsies. I mainly write Sess/Kag under the pseud Tsuki no Tennyo, but I haven't written anything in like 1½ year on account of my house was destroyed by a fire and I had to deal with insurance bs for one full year lmao (hello yes, I did not abandon my stories, but the Universe had abandoned me 🥲)

Also, uh, this is just some of my "interested" wips. I didn't include "active" wips on account of I want them to be surprises. Also didn't include abandoned wips on account of I'm not active in those fandoms anymore for whatever reason.

Inuyasha (all Sess/Kag)

untitled sess realizes kag is a cat person

untitled sesskag 72-hour fake relationship weekend fic thing

untitled sesskag alice in wonderland horror fantasy-esque

untitled bonded forgotten promise sesskag

untitled sesskag robbing as couple au

untitled spy assassin au

untitled sesskag shitty restaurant shift

untitled sesskag wifi stealing neighbor

untitled sesskaginu ramen sushi feud

untitled meeting in tokyo flashback fic sesskag

untitled modern au falling in love

untitled unrequited love sesskag series

untitled everything the same except kag never traveled back in time

untitled 3-part sesskag baby fic

untitled terrible uncle inu

untitled my sunshine sequel

untitled my sunshine xmas midquel

untitled sesskag otome parody

untitled slice of life conversation

Hellhound - prologue

A Full Nest

You & I

Moonlight Flower

Wisteria Memories, Moonlit Secrets

Empty Gold [yakuza au]

3-Part SessKag Past Present ish

Untitled Tactics inspired

Several Shades of Sadism

5 Times Chiaki Tries to Cockblock + 1 Time You Cockblock Him

5 Times Toma Missed Jokes + 1 Time He Understood

7H crossover

Mutsuki + Bros

Rei & brothers

Café AU

mc makes bento

guilty toma

jealous toma

Painter of the Night

Neighbors + Cat AU

the path to hell

Seungho calling Nakyum “Lord”

Doctor Who

blow a kiss, fire a gun

i will get you love drunk

we got the keys to open paradise

untitled 12clara end of time

untitled 12clara slice of lfie au

untitled twelveclara acceptance thing ish

Girl Meets World

and my life is sweet like vanilla is

red dress on, high heels off

doc, there's a hole where something was

you can tell them you are mine

we'll be looking for sunlight

untitled joshmaya forgets to breathe

[bethrnoora]

it has come to my attention that no one in the world actually knows how slack works, i dont think

[philcoulsonismyhero]

Crafting hubris brain is a terrible thing to have, and it is Exceedingly funny to me that I'm currently experiencing the 'I could build that...' urge towards. Jayce's huge fuck-off hammer in Arcane which is, notably, a fine example of in-universe Just Because You Can Make A Thing Doesn't Mean You Should

[vulpine111]

I built my art chair today!

[hillerska-official]

Tell me why multiple people would trek up two flights of stairs and all the way to the back of the library into the "silent zone," literally passing multiple signs specifying areas where group work is appropriate, to come whisper in the area they're not supposed to speak in. My brother in christ the entire first floor of the library AND part of the second is dedicated to group work. Yet you walk through all those areas and up to the third floor?