Feng Shui Buddies

Like a lot of other earnest, hard-working people, I hope to maximize my potential both at home in my personal life and at work in my career. Phew! What a mouthful!

So, in an effort to make the most of what we have, my officemate, Kim, and I, put the time-honored and revered practice of feng shui to use in our office.

We are in a difficult position since we have a small (but beautiful!) office with hardwood floors (love them), a big window (love it), a fireplace (love it), and three doors! No blank, plain walls at all.

We think we should not have our backs to a door, or a window so we are in a tough spot. (My former boss from Malaysia and a long practioner of feng shui told me to never, ever have my desk positioned so that my back was toward a window.)


Somehow, we maneuvered our desks so that neither of us have our backs to the doors or window. Now we face each other. We felt better right away! We hung a mirror in our prosperity corner (not sure what it is reflecting but we will check on that!) – also not easy to determine which corner is what but we used the door most often used as our main entrance.

We added a plant for some life (other than Kim and I) because sometimes we are very, very tired so we want to stay on the safe side. We have books, our awards and achievement certificates, modest as they are. Next will come the tiny bells to dispel any lingering bad spirits. Who knows – it might work!


Kim and I threw away lots of stuff we didn’t need any longer to declutter our office and our minds. Ahh, it’s great. Serenity, now!

My other feng shui buddy, Annie, gave me a great book about feng shui for Christmas last year. She thought it was just what I needed and I do refer to it often. It inspired me to clean a few closets and drawers and I felt better immediately. It really does have an effect on you. Clutter never works for the positive.

As for Kim’s and my office, next we hope to paint it a lighter, brighter color. Right now, it is kind of a fiery terra cotta. It is not what I would call ‘soothing.’ In fact, if I were a Shogun warrior preparing to do battle, it would be the perfect color. (Hmmm…..??) We’re both thinking of a sandy gray color infused with light. We’ll do it ourselves as soon as we get the OK from Mel and John.