The Third Space

With my devices being almost brand new (due to the reset) and some errors, I realized some of my minimalist habits were thrown out of the window. I also did a mini-check-in with my yearly goals and things I promised I’d do such as fewer coffee trips but apparently, while I did fewer coffee trips, it became a morality question rather than spending questions. At the same time, to keep me actually working from home, I also need to go back to the idea that my room has to support a working environment just as a cafe/co-working spot for me. So, I am trying to engineer the Cafe effect at home which turns my room into just a place with minimal purpose than what I already have.

And this is my diary turning a room into a dedicated spot only for working to minimize my coffee trips even more in Q2.

Basically, the psychology of the cafe that I like is that it always offers clean surfaces, minimum lighting and limited object variety. Right now, my studio room is far from that, it is way too cluttered to my liking due to the items that I kept pushing aside and things that should be put inside a storage but never finds its place.

The concept of minimalism actually applies here: the table must not have too many clutters and as well as too many decorations. While out there some are like a cluttered table, for some people like myself, a clearer surface helps with thinking better and removes friction.

It’s safe to say that I still struggle with trying to add more into my room rather than removing it. So, I am trying to do my best to remove than to add though I am often tempted to just purchase things instead of fixing it.

And the reason why minimalist spaces in coffee shops work is because they often have not more than two identities and purposes on them. Currently, even my studio room has multiple purposes that shouldn’t be that way. Not only that it is my work room,it’s also my dressing room, my coffee room and even a place where I work out. So, the whole house that I have now, serves multiple purposes rather than just a single purpose room. Whereas a cafe/coffee shop typically works because we know it’s a space where we get coffee, to work from or to lounge with friends/family.

Here’s to working on something again and trying to apply interior design knowledge to my space. And I hope through this, my space would feel even better and lighter.