I truly believe that your environment plays a huge role in your productivity, creativity & overall success especially if you’re a creative type like me! Your workspace can help inspire you or it can extinguish any new ideas that are dying to create a spark!
With that said, I don’t believe that means that your workspace has to look like something out of Pinterest or Instagram-worthy. If that helps inspire you then more power to you! My studio (photo above) which is a teeny tiny “casita” that is detached from my house used to be my makeup studio but now that my business is predominately online and i’ve become completely obsessed with video especially Live Video, it’s become more of a filming area. On the other side of that pretty styled photo that I did for a project with Kajabi which is the premier platform that hosts my online courses, are a cluster of beauty lights! No matter what your personal aesthetic office look is, the most important thing we can all do to become more organized is to have an organized, neat and clean space. Clutter =’s visual & mental chaos!
I call myself an “office nomad” because I roam around with my laptop in hand to various spots to get my work done depending on my mood and whatever project I’m working on. I have a new “favorite” spot every few months but most of the time, I begin and end my work day here at my kitchen counter. It’s nothing fancy but I wanted to share with you a few of my key products that I’ve discovered are essentials to get stuff done!
I’ve wanted a stand up desk for over a year especially after my lower back started bothering me from sitting so much but i’ve already invested a lot into the desk that I have in my studio that i’m holding off for now. My aching back forced me to find a temporary alternative and I have to say i’m so glad that I got this instead! I’ve shared this adjustable laptop tray last summer when I first found it (I’d never hold out on you!) but I figured it’s worth mentioning again in case you missed it the first time! This is gold, baby! Pure Gold and the best $40 i’ve ever spent! Plus, I don’t know if you’ve heard but sitting is the new smoking and I really do find myself getting more steps in, improving my posture/core and my lower rarely ever bothers me because I do the majority of my work standing! Click HERE or the photo below to get the details on the exact one I use!
Here are a few more tools that I cannot live without and use on a daily basis other my MacBook Pro:
- White Boards! The bigger the better! I run a few really large product launches for my group coaching and online course, Lights Camera Branding. 90% of the work happens behind the scenes and I have several team members as well as contractors who I work with to make all the magic happen! All my ideas, key deadlines, budgets & most importantly, my launch maps goes on my white board. This particular one I bought many years ago at Costco and it might still be available at your local store but I found a similar one that is also magnetic like mine from Amazon HERE
- Post-It Self Stick Easel Pads! These are a multi-use product sent from heaven above! If you’re already a bit crazy in love with Post-Its then you have to check out these giant 25×35.5 poster sized pads! I’ve used them with all my clients for years shooting fitness shoots to write out choreography notes, bullet points for commercials and at live events on stage when white boards were not available. We’ve eve used them on shoots to block out sunlight from coming through windows! They are sticky just like the small Post-It Notes so you can place them wherever you need it and work great right below your camera if you’re shooting your own videos and not using a teleprompter. Click HERE to get the 2 pack deal that I found that is 52% off the retail price you’d pay at most of your local office supply stores!
The photo below was my makeshift Cloffice (Closet X Office as one of my favorite best selling authors, Glennon Doyle calls hers). This was my Lights Camera Branding Fall 2017 “Launch Headquarters” inside my spare bedroom turned closet. I set up that tiny rickety old card table, threw a sequins filming backdrop on it as a table cover & for some reason I got major amounts of work done here. I seriously got in the zone. Some of my friends said it was the shoes that inspired me. Maybe!
- Aqua Notes! Yep, it’s a waterproof notepad and pencil with suction cups on the back. Sometimes the most simplest ideas are the BEST ideas! I bet we’re a lot alike and it’s no surprise that we get some of our most ingenious ideas and lightbulb, Aha! moments while we’re in the shower. There’s actually a scientific reason why that happens and it’s because we don’t have our electronic devices in our hands. Our creativity is finally able to flow and in the confines of our quiet showers we don’t have distractions and we can just think, relax and that’s when the magic happens. But many times those ideas will quickly fade away as fast as they entered our brain so this product is essential to save those precious ideas! I love what it says on the pencil! 😉 Click HERE for the details or the photo below and trust me friend, get the 2 pack. It’s only a couple bucks more than the individual!
- My #1 Best productivity tip is to work smarter, not harder and the way that I do that is to put my phone and laptop (MacBook) on Airplane Mode! It’s truly magical! On most days during my most product hours which are for me between 11am-3pm, i’m on Airplane Mode and get more done in those four hours than I most do in eight! Try it and tell me it doesn’t change your life!
- Cute Pens…cause they are just so adorable and soooo many of you asked me about them on Facebook & Instagram! 🙂 They are only $11.99 for all five plus free shipping and I especially love the rose gold! Click HERE!
I’d love to know what are your KEY productivity tools and products? Share in the comments below and if you try any of these out that i’ve personally recommended i’d love to hear how they’ve been working for you!
xoxo!
Tiffany aka Coach Glitter
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