Actually, I do not work in a cubicle.  A cubicle is square, whereas my area is square-esque.  Not quite a square or a rectangle it is, simply, a shape.  A shape-icle.

Escaping the Shape-icle!

Photo by Alain V.

1.  Location.  Since I no longer have a ‘cubicle’  I will need to re-think my workspace.  The Love Bungalow, of course, will be my base of operations.  But, now armed with my trusty laptop and Swiss Army Purse of Organization – I can go anywhere.

Possible locations for scouting include:  the bookstore (preferably one with plenty of outlets and employees I don’t  know), a coffeehouse, or the library.  I am particularly  excited about the library.  (Most libraries have ’study rooms’ that you can camp out in and I plan to investigate the possibility of these rooms thoroughly.)

2.  Expense.  My husband currently ‘works from home’ and I notice a lot of Hardee’s and McDonald’s detritus in the back of his vehicle.  Contemplating this impending transition, I was suddenly overcome with an image of myself 50 lbs. fatter, sucking down a giant ‘fancy shake’ because I am too hungry to last until I can make it home for lunch.

Solution?  Never leaving home without an Almond Sweet-N-Salty Bar tucked away.  And actually planning  for lunch.  My Beloved is somehow always taken aback when he is hungry, like being hungry around lunchtime is a surprise. 

3.  Time Management.  As I mentioned yesterday, time is precious.  So precious we trade it for money.  Yet I know how easy it is to fritter this time away in pursuit of avoiding the present.

I’m guilty as charged folks.  When reluctantly facing a task, I too find myself checking my email, checking my GoogleReader, reading and commenting on any stories that pique my interest, bouncing back to my email to see if I missed a commenter on PersistentIllusion.   

People, including me, avoid tasks that they don’t fully understand and drag their feet in subconscious resistance.  Well, be warned feet!  I am en guard! 

4.  Job Description.  I have noticed, as people have inquired as to what I am quitting to do, the words “I am trying to start a company” or “I am trying to get my company off the ground” have been spoken….by me. 

Ack!  Yoda would eat me for breakfast.  “Do or do not,” he’d say, “there is no ‘try’.” 

So what am  I doing?  Developing solutions for personal development!  Creating blueprints for life engineering!  Awesome web stuff!!!  Widgets!!!!  “Baby,” I’ll tell ‘em, “I’m rocking  personal development.”

5.  Logo.  Last night I was up until 1:30 am developing a new logo for Ngage.  The old one just wasn’t cutting it anymore, though I still absolutely love it. 

I’ve read material that advises to not focus on the logo or branding or marketing.  To just get quick and dirty with getting your product out.  I understand the logic, I do, but there is something about developing a logo that makes you focus on just what your company is about.  Communicate, with a picture, just what it is. 

In the early hours of the morning, I finally coalesced just exactly what Ngage is about.  I don’t have the design done by any means, but the concept is finished.  Perfect.  A beautiful symmetry between company and brand and purpose.

I’ll admit, there is an inner easing, a relaxation of body and mind once I attained that point of creative perfection.

6.  Experts.  One reason I spent dragging my feet, was that I didn’t understand the how  of what I wanted to do.  How was I going to pay for this?  How was I going to implement it?  Everyone gives you a general idea of the steps, but where oh where is the specific ‘to do’ list? 

What, specifically, do I need to do?!

Fortunately for me, the universe didn’t care if I knew all the specifics up front.  I won one hour of life coaching from Tim Brownson of A Daring Adventure. 

…and within the same week discovered that one of the ‘career renegades’ I have been following is offering business consulting services.  Clay Collins of The Growing Life, and the new Finance Your Freedom, is going to help unplug me from the matrix!

After I signed up for his business consulting, I listened to his interview of a fellow lifestyle design renegade and just knew.  It’s happening.  It’s actually happening.  And I don’t have to know how to do everything, I just have to know where to go for help.

This is when I realized that ‘why’ truly is more important than ‘how’.