Spring season / the power of lounges and cafe's

Spring season! More sun hours, trees and flowers staring to bloom again and time for the big spring cleaning! Most of the people start a major cleaning operation when spring season just kicked in, but why?

Spring season almost looks like a rebirth of your life sequence. The time to clean up all the mess and work out problems of last year. Some people don't even think about it and just turn their backs to the past year and works to make this year a better year. I think that the start of spring season is a cleansing ritual. You clear out everything that went wrong, you want to refresh your life and get rid of bad habits and work on a nice healthy, clean space in your house. It feels so incredibly good when your house feels and smells fresh again.

Not only cleaning and cleansing your house and mind comes to play during spring. The sun is a source of inspiration. Not only for my study as Stage engineer, but for a lot of people. The sun makes you want to go out and head to a place to sit, alone or with your friends or family. I remember several television shows where people were meeting in lounges or cafe's, people were even working there on their projects or scheduling new meetings. I'd ask myself, why do all those people go to lounges or cafe's to work on their business projects? Why does a manager schedule a meeting with one of their co workers to offer them a new opportunity inside the department?

I think it's because being in another place then your work space, or even your home. You actually get inspired and get another vibe of the situation. You actually get motivated to start working. You get drinks served, you don't get distracted by a TV, a barking dog or other things that keeps you away from working. Everyone is on it's own, doing their own thing, you wont be bothered by them and vise versa. The only thing that can happen is when someone IS approaching you, you can count on a good conversation. Give yourself a well deserved break from time to time.

From now on, i'm going to try this out, see what effects working in another venue differs from school or my very own home. Think about it: Successful businessmen do this often. It's not about just eat there and spend money on it because they are capable of doing it. I think it's because of the vibe a cafe or lounge holds. Try this out yourself and let me know how you experienced it. Were you able to get a lot more done during your visit? Did you encounter any distractions? Feel free to leave a comment.

Improvisation live writing

It's a busy day, people are walking down the streets, heading towards their destination. It's a regular weekday, Also for James Stein, a successful businessman for Arco Industries, a high quality steel refinery business. James pulls up his Chevrolet, grabs his suitcase with a new presentation and heads towards his office. Upon walking, he scans the area. His eyes glaring from side to side. On the left there is a woman talking through her cellphone, across the street is the coffee-shop, loading in the newly ordered products and on the right there is this old, abandoned office. Broken windows and graffiti tags cover the grey concrete building. James releases a deep sigh while walking past the office, heading to the steps of Arco Industries Head Office.

A sudden clash sounds at the left of the steps, James looks to his left and spots two men fighting. The man on the left dropped a suitcase, papers falling out, swinging down on the ground. The man on the right is Steve Carlo, Head of security at Arco Industries. "This company must not expand to a new office, look around"! The veins are visible and pounding on the man's face while he storms to Steve again. Steve takes a step backwards and deflects the punch, grabbing the mans arm, throwing him on the ground. "Sir, take your papers and get out before I call the police"! The man snatched his papers from the ground and rushed off in anger.

James turned to Steve: "Another angry client"? Steve turned to James, he sighed while he drags his hand across his face: "Treehuggers, always that kind of people that wants us to close factories and whine when we expand to new places". "Well, they have to understand that companies are expanding, soon we'll be sitting in our nice new condo. Credits to the architects though". A bright expression was clearly visible thinking about the new office. He found out he was in the elections to become Assistant Chief Executive Officer. He waves Steve a good day and starts heading up the stairs, entering the office.

This text is entirely fictional and not based on any real life events.
Don't be afraid leaving a comment or feedback, The purpose of those blogs are for self improvement on writing and improvisation writing.